Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai

10 reviews

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexism, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Violence, Medical content, Death, and Murder

sidekicksam's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

For everyone who thinks the refugees are the problem, who only read the one-sided version of events in the media or who still think boys are only entitled to education; read this book. 

Despite being just brief glimpses into the experiences of these girls, there are more gruesome stories in this book than I ever hope to experience. The resilience and strength of these women, fleeing their homes and building a new life elsewhere is remarkable. It is often overlooked that the people who flee whatever situation are not just looking for 'luck' elsewhere, but also leave a lot behind. Not just their belonings, family and friends, but also a little bit of themselves. 

Recommended to all, and despite the experiences being very different to mine, it felt very relatable to someone growing up with mixed heritage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Hate crime, Trafficking, Murder, Islamophobia, and War

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Death, Grief, Genocide, Death of parent, Deportation, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, Violence, and War

kirstenf's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racial slurs, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Genocide, Xenophobia, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Deportation

Minor: Medical content, Rape, and Islamophobia

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Xenophobia, Genocide, and Sexism

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Racism, Rape, Trafficking, and War

alexismc01's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Medical content, Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Gun violence, Hate crime, Genocide, Violence, Suicide attempt, War, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

yeagleyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Islamophobia

kathischm's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, War, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Sexism, and Violence

josaphina's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Islamophobia

bookellys's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Everyone should read this book - fact! Anyone who thinks that refugees leave their homes, jobs, families etc out of choice, or make extremely dangerous illegal boarder crossing unnecessarily needs to read this book. The heart ache and loss these displaced people go through, not really fitting in anywhere, not having a place to call home… it is eye opening and humbling.

One of the exerts is from a lady called Jennifer who sums it up brilliantly when she said she didn’t realise how privileged she is until she supported a displaced family who couldn’t believe how much water their new home in the USA had and were fascinated watching popcorn in the microwave.

The only reason it’s 4 not 5 stars is that it only skims the surface, you could probably write a whole book each on the experiences of the girls and women who give us a small window into their displacement. I now can’t wait to read I Am Malala!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Genocide, Violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Murder, Bullying, Death, and Death of parent