The Muslim (M)other - Mariya bint Rehan

The Muslim (M)other

Social and Political commentary on Modern Muslim Motherhood
Buch | Softcover
140 Seiten
2025
Kube Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84774-249-0 (ISBN)
12,45 inkl. MwSt
The Muslim mum is the most fertile political symbol of our times – heralded as both the solution and cause to many of the issues that erroneously come to define Muslim communities in our now globalised world. Muslim mums who are continuously spoken down to, at, or for, and very rarely conversed with in a language that sees and understands us beneath the suffocating extraneous layers of media sensationalism and political discourse. 




In the first of its kind, A Cool Girl’s Guide to Being a Muslim Mum looks at the blessed and fraught experience of mothering when Muslim in contemporary political times. Amidst the textures of an accelerating digital age, ubiquitous Islamophobia and an increasingly commercialised cultural climate that impacts us in ways obvious and untold. 

Mariya bint Rehan is a writer, illustrator and mother to three young girls aged ten and under. With a background in policy, research, and international development, Mariya has been writing on issues pertaining to Muslim identity, politics and motherhood for over seven years. A unique voice touching upon contemporary issues, Mariya has provided insightful commentary on politics, art and culture centred on Muslims, and provides a refreshing and much needed perspective.

Preface







Chapter 1. The Personal: Motherhood and The Self

Mothering in the self

The B word

Beauty and the Muslim

Breaking whose stereotype?

The paradox of motherhood and rediscovering yourself

Realigning

Truth and beauty

Crossing and consolidating the ultimate borders




Chapter 2. The Digital: Mothering in the Socials

The global village

Socially not-working

Mirror, mirror on the wall…

Mothering in the many and everyday

Motherhood as the opposite of our social media world

Navigating the new tribe




Chapter 3. The Political: The Muslim (M)Other

Once upon a time…

The Muslim as Monster

Human rights, Muslims wrong

The visual standard of being Muslim

The paradox of punishing Muslims for agency

How the Muslim Mother is framed

How we perceive ourselves as Muslim Mothers

How we parent as Muslim other

Living beyond binaries




Chapter 4. The Cultural: PropaGender and Culturing the Muslim Mother

Not MINCing words

Our own internal algorithm 

Girl power?

Old misogyny in Muslim cultures 

Out of the Matrix…

…into the fire

Introducing the TradWife

Meet the Muslimah Boss

And end to duality 

A possible solution?

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.8.2025
Zusatzinfo Illustrations
Verlagsort Markfield
Sprache englisch
Maße 139 x 190 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Familie / Erziehung
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Islam
ISBN-10 1-84774-249-1 / 1847742491
ISBN-13 978-1-84774-249-0 / 9781847742490
Zustand Neuware
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