{"product_id":"veiled-threat-on-being-visibly-muslim-in-britain-9781785908194","title":"Veiled Threat: On being visibly Muslim in Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eVeiled Threat is a book that examines what it is like to be a visibly Muslim woman in modern Britain, a nation that is intent on forced assimilation and integration and views covered bodies as primitive and dangerous. It combines a passionate argument with personal experience to indict a divided Britain that dominates and systematically others Muslim women at every opportunity. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 23 January 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Biteback Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNadeine Asbali would be the first to say that a scarf on a woman's head doesn't define her, but in her case, that's a lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNadeine's life changed overnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a mixed-race teenager, she had unknowingly been passing as white her entire life: until she decided to wear the hijab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, in an instant, she went from being an unassuming white (ish) child to something sinister and threatening, perverse and foreign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeiled Threat is a sharp and illuminating examination of what it is to be a visibly Muslim woman in modern Britain, a nation intent on forced assimilation and integration and one that views covered bodies as primitive and dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom being bombarded by racist stereotypes to being subjected to structural inequalities on every level, Nadeine asks why Muslim women are forced to contend with the twin oppressions of state-sanctioned Islamophobia and the unrelenting misogyny that fuels our world, all whilst being told by white feminists that they need saving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining a passionate argument with personal experience, Veiled Threat is an indictment of a divided Britain that dominates and systematically others Muslim women at every opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781785908194\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shulph Ink","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":45217018446074,"sku":"9781785908194","price":13.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/veiled-threat-on-being-visibly-muslim-in-britain-9781785908194","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}