A review by notnicolebrewer
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

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5.0

This was a beautiful book, into which my heart curled comfortably and in which I found tenderness and familiarity, although I am only queer, not Muslim, not an immigrant, not a person of colour. I think that is part of the magic of Samra Habib's writing, is that she makes her memoir feel deeply relatable, even if the reader cannot, in fact, relate. Because of this, the scope and breadth of information she shares with us is easily internalized; it feels impossible to read this book without learning something, without ending up a slightly more compassionate person than you started. I am so grateful to Habib for her story, for her writing, for her sharing, and I plan to recommend this to everyone as a first step in understanding intersectionality.
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