Publisher: African Perspectives, South Africa
Pages: 304
Year: 2018
Dimensions: 210 x 148 mm
A Collection of Personal Narratives by Muslim Women
SAFFRON: A Collection of Personal Narratives by Muslim Women
is an anthology of writing that draws on the lived realities of Muslim
women. Food and cooking, hardship and conflict, intimacy, baby-making,
children, living with in-laws and self-esteem are some of the
experiences unpacked in this collection of poignant personal narratives.
This collection will remind and reassure that, although life brings
with it many challenges, you as a woman are never alone in what you go
through – many women walk the journey with you.
With Contributions from: Shakira
Akabor, Feroza Arbee, Afzad-Al, Najma Ansari, Adela Bootha, Saaleha
Idrees Bamjee, Saffiya Ismail Cassim, Maymoona Rajah Chohan, Sabera
Chothia, Khairun-Nisaa Dadipatel, Quraisha Dawood, Mariam B. Daya,
Ayesha Desai Yasmin Denat, Papatia Feauxzar, Gouwa Gabier, Jamela Garda,
Maimoonah Gori, Rehana Gunduwalla (Moosajee), Somayya Hansrod, Waasila
Jassat, Zaheera Jina, Safeera Kaka, Fatima Kazee, Raashida Khan, Sumayya
Mehtar, Shauqeen Mizaj, N. Moola, Zayboon Motala, Hina Nafe, Nabeela
Noorani, Khalida Moosa, Nurnazida Nazri, Dilshad Parker, Nabihah
Plaatjes, Layla Abdullah-Poulos, Shaakira Rahiman-Saleh, Mumtaz Moosa
Saley, Yumna Samari, Fatima Bheekoo-Shah, Hawa Bibi Shahaboodien, Aneesa
Bodiat-Sujee, Safiyyah Sujee, Safiyyah Surtee, Razina Theba, Zara
Valli
£35.00
About the editors
Zaheera Jina holds a PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. She is also a co-editor and contributing author of the anthology, Riding the Samoosa Express: Personal Narratives of Marriage and Beyond. Zaheera is the founder of Jozi’s Books and Blogs Festivities (Jozis bbf), a non-profit organisation that aims to cultivate a culture of reading and writing in South Africa through various literary events. Surprise! is her first children’s book and is published by Djarabi Kitabs Publishing in Texas, USA. She lives in Lenasia with her husband, three sons and many in-laws.



