The Hijab Files

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The Hijab Files is written by Maryam Azam and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1925336719 (ISBN 10) and 9781925336719 (ISBN 13).

Outstandingdebut collection by Western Sydney poet Maryam Azam Set in Western Sydney, The Hijab Files focuses on the complexities of growing up as aMuslim woman in Australia. In one poem, a teenager looks for a prayer room atschool. In another, a young woman goes for a swim at Bondi in a burkini. Thehijab is the central motif of the collection and is examined from a range ofangles: there's an instruction manual for hijab styling, a hijabi's thoughts onthe niqab and reflections on the policing of women's modesty by other women andmen. Elsewhere, the section Wallah Bro - a term for the Muslim f-boy - examinesthe tensions young Muslims experience between religious values and moderndating. The poems are narrative-driven, often sensual and always acutelyobserved. Azam writes in a hybrid style inspired by modern and Islamic literarytraditions that reflects in turn the hybrid identity of young AustralianMuslims.