The national discourse on Muslim women so rarely features voices from actual Muslim women, often pushing their perspectives to the fringes. To combat this, It’s Not About the Burqa, a new anthology of essays by Muslim women about the contemporary Muslim female experience, centres voices you won’t see represented in the national news headlines.
Contributors Saima Mir and Raifa Rafiq discuss their contributions to the volume in a conversation chaired by editor Mariam Khan. The experience of today’s Muslim women goes far beyond the burqa and, as this panel will attest to, it’s time for those women to gain control of the narratives surrounding their lives.