{"product_id":"islam-and-me-narrating-a-diaspora-paperback-softback-9781978835825","title":"Islam and Me; Narrating a Diaspora (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978835825","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIslam and Me\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNarrating a Diaspora\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShirin Ramzanali Fazel (Author), Simone Brioni (Edited by), Charles Burdett (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978835825\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 August 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e196 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 2 cm, 0.032 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“In this thought-provoking reflection on belonging, Fazel and Brioni make a powerful argument against damaging Eurocentric representations while demonstrating the generative anti-racist capacity of collaborative knowledge.”\u003c\/div\u003e - Heather Merrill (author of Black Spaces: African Diaspora in Italy) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Shirin Ramzanali Fazel narrates the daily life of diasporic Islam in Europe with deep lucidity and courage. This book shows that Islam has become the religion of European citizens, not just immigrants, and that diasporic Islam is a major test for European constitutional democracy.\" \u003c\/div\u003e - Amara Lakhous (author of Divorce Islamic Style) \u003cdiv\u003e“Deftly blending self-reflection with critical analysis, Fazel and Brioni convincingly challenge the distorted representation of Islam in Europe by offering complex, unapologetic insights into Fazel’s lived experiences as a Somali-Italian Muslim woman.”\u003c\/div\u003e - Maya Angela Smith (author of Senegal Abroad: Linguistic Borders, Racial Formations, and Diasporic Imaginaries) \u003cdiv\u003e“Poetic and autobiographical, \u003ci\u003eIslam and Me \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the intersection of media, memory, and language while questioning traditional models of knowledge. As a Muslim woman in one of the world’s most distinctively Catholic countries, Fazel advocates for transnational belonging, and her witness is for everyone working towards more equitable societies today.”\u003c\/div\u003e - Marie Orton (coeditor of Contemporary Italian Diversity in Critical and Fictional Narratives)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGrowing up in Mogadishu, Somalia, Shirin Ramzanali Fazel was immersed in the language and culture of Italy, Somalia’s former colonizer. Yet when she moved to Italy as a young mother in the 1970s, she discovered a country where immigrants and Muslims were viewed with a mixture of curiosity and suspicion­–where, even today, she and her children must seemingly prove they are Italian. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eIslam and Me\u003c\/i\u003e, Fazel tells her story and shares the experiences of other Muslim women living in Italy, revealing the wide variety of Muslim identities and the common prejudices they encounter. Looking at Italian school textbooks, newspapers, and TV programs, she invites us to change the way Muslim immigrants, and especially women, are depicted in both news reports and scholarly research. \u003ci\u003eIslam and Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on our multireligious, multiethnic, and multilingual reality, as well as an exploration of how we might reimagine national culture and identity so that they become more diverse, inclusive, and anti-racist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Foreword \u003cbr\u003e Charles Burdett \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e An Introduction to a Meticcio Text \u003cbr\u003e Simone Brioni \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Note on Translation and Alphabetization\u003cbr\u003e Shirin Ramzanali Fazel and Simone Brioni \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Dear Italy \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e My Daily Islam  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Birmingham  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Islamophobia  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Contradictions  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A Dialogue on Memory, Perspectives, Belonging, Language, and the Cultural Market \u003cbr\u003e Simone Brioni and Shirin Ramzanali Fazel \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Coda: A Note about This Collaborative Project \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e References  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes on Contributors  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702536401176,"sku":"9781978835825","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/islam-and-me-narrating-a-diaspora-paperback-softback-9781978835825","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}