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Hijab Butch Blues: New UnderstandingsWhen Lamya tells stories she’s heard about the Jinn, she intersperses them with experiences of colorism and racism in both the Middle East and t…
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Hijab Butch Blues: Coming OutIn the first two chapters of this section, Lamya talks about her different experiences coming out and trying to find her place within both the q…
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Hijab Butch Blues: An Origin StoryIn the first section of the book, Lamya discusses her adolescent years and her desire to die, or more accurately, to never have existed. One day…
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