An exquisite, powerful, and urgent book * Stacey May Fowles, author of Infidelity * It is a book we should all have had long ago * Mona Eltahawy, author of Headscarves and Hymens *Ī beautiful telling of a life, of love, of the reclamation of power, of feeling truly seen, and of finding your way home. Habib has written the book she wished she had when she was young. To say I count, I exist, is revolutionary when you are denied complication. Publisher: Quercus Publishing ISBN: 9781529404869 Number of pages: 240 Weight: 172 g Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 6 mm MEDIA REVIEWS A triumphant story of forgiveness and freedom, We Have Always Been Here is a rallying cry for anyone who has ever felt alone and a testament to the power of fearlessly inhabiting one's truest self. It shows how Muslims can embrace queer sexuality, and families can embrace change. So begins a journey that takes them to the far reaches of the globe to uncover a truth that was within them all along. When they realized they were queer, it was yet another way they felt like an outsider. 'Revolutionary' Mona Eltahawy * 'Exquisite, powerful and urgent' Stacey May Fowles * 'I fell in love with this book' Shani MootooĪ memoir of hope, faith and love, Samra Habib's story starts with growing up as part of a threatened minority sect in Pakistan, and follows their arrival in Canada as a refugee, before escaping an arranged marriage at sixteen. Triumphant and uplifting - a queer Muslim memoir about forgiveness and freedom.
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