A review by hao_ming_zi
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

I appreciate how Lamya structures her memoir through the perspective of characters from the Quran. They reclaim their religion in ways that honor their queerness/transness and gender euphoria without ignoring the hatred and islamophobia present in a seemingly more queer accepting country and life they make for themselves in the US. I adore the phrase “friend chasing.”  I also didn’t realize how closely related the Quran was to the Christian Bible. Overall, I deeply enjoyed and felt both called in and called out while reading this memoir regarding how I “test” the ones I love in fear that they’ll leave and also the desire to just exist in queerness without justification or explanation.