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My Hair is Pink Under This Veil - Hardcover

Khan, Rabina

 
9781785906466: My Hair is Pink Under This Veil
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1785906461 ISBN 13: 9781785906466
Verlag: Biteback Publishing, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

“In 1977, one of the girls at my infant school in Kent asked me if I was a golliwog. I said I wasn’t sure. In 2015, when I ran to be mayor in Tower Hamlets, a smartly dressed middle-class man saw me wearing a headscarf and asked me what colour my hair was underneath it. I gave him a big smile. ‘Pink,’ I replied. Did I win his vote? I rather doubt it.” Engaging and sharply observed, My Hair Is Pink Under This Veil gives a candid insight into the life of a hijab-wearing Muslim woman in modern Britain. Writing with grace and humour about her family’s experiences building a new life in Britain in the 1970s, Rabina Khan then turns her gaze outwards to explore the politics of the veil, white privilege and intersectional feminism, before charting her battle to build a successful political career against a backdrop of blame, bias and misogyny – including from her own community. Clear-sighted and often deeply affecting about the struggles facing Muslim women, My Hair Is Pink Under This Veil is at its heart an inspiring story about the power of self-belief and determination to create a fairer world.

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Rabina Khan is one of the most influential hijab-wearing politicians in London, serving as a Liberal Democrat councillor in the Borough of Tower Hamlets, where she ran a close second in her bid to be mayor. Born in Bangladesh and raised in Rochester, she is known for her passionate support of causes such as stopping youth knife crime and building more social housing. Her decade in politics has been both controversial and turbulent, but, as she says, defining who you are is about how well you rise when you fall. She has written for The Independent, The Guardian and the HuffPost and regularly appears in the media.

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Verlag
Biteback Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1785906461
ISBN 13 
9781785906466
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
336
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