MARIYA BINT REHAN The Muslim mother 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 mothers 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.
At its heart, it is an exploration of the unique waters in which we mother, tenderly addressed to all of those Muslim mothers that may be weathering it; past, present and future. 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. She offers a refreshing and much needed perspective.
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MARIYA BINT REHAN
In the first of its kind, The Muslim (M)other 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. An eclectic collection of essays containing social, cultural and political commentary on the breadth of issues that impress upon Muslim mothers, this book unpacks the polluted landscape through which we live and parent as Muslim women. It tackles the multiple dimensions of Muslim motherhood, the personal – how does being a mother change our metrics of value? – the social – what does the digital tribe bring to us as Muslim mums? – the political – who is the Muslim (M)other? - and cultural – how has the infosphere shaped our impressions of ourself?
Social and Political Commentary On Contemporary Muslim Motherhood