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"For Zaiba Malik, growing up in Bradford in the ˜70s and ˜80s certainly has its moments “ staying up all night during Ramadan with her father; watching mad Mr Aziz searching for his goat during Eid; dancing along to Top of the Pops (so long as no-one`s watching). And, of course, there`s her mother “ whether she`s writing another ingratiating letter to the Queen or repeatedly referring to Tom Jones as ˜Thumb Jone`. But Zaiba`s story is also one of anxiety and seemingly irreconcilable opposites. Growing up she is constantly torn between two identities: ˜British` and ˜Muslim`. Alienated at school and confused at home, the racism she encounters as a child mirrors the horrors she experiences at the hands of Bangladeshi interrogators as a journalist years later. We Are A Muslim, Please is a stirring and enchanting memoir. We see, through Zaiba`s childhood eyes, the poignancy of growing up in a world whose prejudices, contradictions and ambiguities are at once distressing and utterly captivating."
ISBN:9780099522270
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Pages : 288
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