Safar: Muslim Women's Stories of Travel and Transformation

Safar is a gift book for Muslim women and girls that explores personal growth and self-knowledge through travel, featuring stunning illustrations by Amani Haydar. It explores the emotional and spiritual aspects of journeying, including love, friendship, migration, homeland, belonging, adventure, self-esteem, self-expression, and identity.

Format: Hardback
Length: 168 pages
Publication date: 03 November 2022
Publisher: Explore Australia

Safar, an Urdu and Arabic word meaning "journey," is the perfect title for this beautifully illustrated gift book for Muslim women and girls. Through a series of interviews with Muslim women from diverse backgrounds, Australian journalist Sarah Malik has created a book that explores personal growth and self-knowledge in the context of travel. Safar: Travel and Transformation for Muslim Women and Girls explores the emotional and spiritual aspects of journeying, whether it be travelling to a new country or a new locale, or how these experiences affect the way Muslim women perceive and are perceived by the world. There are fascinating stories of love and friendship, as well as stories of how travel connects to migration, homeland, belonging, adventure, self-esteem, self-expression, and identity. Featuring stunning illustrations by Amani Haydar, this is an important and loving book that centres the experiences and perspectives of Muslim women, offering insights for readers of all backgrounds.

Weight: 488g
Dimension: 145 x 223 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781741177763