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9781779401281: Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing
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ISBN 10: 1779401280 ISBN 13: 9781779401281
Editorial: University of Regina Press, 2026

Sinopsis

What does it mean to be queer and Muslim in a world that insists you cannot be both?

Queer and Muslim is a powerful collection by and for LGBTQ+ Muslims navigating layered identities across lines of faith, family, culture, and community. With contributions spanning essays, poems, letters to past and future selves, and more, the book explores the emotional and spiritual dimensions of queer Muslim life and challenges the perception that faith and queerness are inherently incompatible.

These raw accounts confront the psychological toll of grappling with tensions between religious expectations and queer identity and offer rare insight into the ways mental health is lived, expressed, and supported across diverse cultural and theological landscapes. They tell of building chosen families and reconnecting with birth families, radical healing, cultivating spaces of belonging, and reclaiming faith on your own terms.

In an era of rising Islamophobia and escalating threats to queer and trans lives, the stories contained within Queer and Muslim-stories of resilience, grief, pleasure, rage, and joy-are vital, each of them an affirmation of the multiplicity of queer Muslim identities. Queer and Muslim invites readers to listen deeply, think expansively, and care more courageously.

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Acerca del autor

Rahim Thawer (he/him) is a registered social worker, psychotherapist, and author based in Toronto, Canada. Rahim explores intersections of mental health and systemic oppression in his practice and writing.

Maryam Khan (she/her) is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. Maryam conducts community-based research with 2SLGBTTIQ+ individuals and communities.

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Editorial
University of Regina Press
Año de publicación
2026
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1779401280
ISBN 13 
9781779401281
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
216
Editor
Thawer Rahim, Khan Maryam
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