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In Rewriting Islam, Hasnul Insani Djohar examines how women writers of the Ummah, or Muslim religious community, portray Muslim women fighting for gender and social justice while living as minorities in prosperous countries. Focusing on the body of Muslimah writing that has emerged since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Djohar considers fiction such as Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, Randa Jarrar's A Map of Home, Laila Lalami's Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, and G. Willow Wilson's Alif the Unseen. Djohar also examines poetry, memoirs, and short stories. Together, these works depict the diversity of Muslimah identities and cultures worldwide. Operating within postcolonial and Islamic studies frameworks, Djohar investigates how these writers contribute to larger debates around gender and globalization--including justice for immigrants and refugees, who are often blamed for social problems rather than recognized as victims of US imperialism and transnational capitalist globalization. By way of close readings and careful attention to historical, cultural, and religious contexts, Djohar illuminates how Muslimah American writers decolonize justice and white sovereignty by elevating interconnectedness, spirituality, and sisterhood across diverse communities.

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"""Rewriting Islam offers deep insights into the role played by Muslimah in consciousness-raising. By centering stories of Muslimah with transnational vantagepoints--Syrian American, Palestinian-Egyptian American, Moroccan American, and others--Djohar knits the concept of Muslim sisterhood around the globe."" --Humaira Riaz, author of Unfolding Islamophobic Racism in American Fiction ""Djohar expertly positions underrepresented Muslimah voices at the heart of contemporary discussions on representation, diaspora, migration, and the challenges of anti-Muslim racism. Rewriting Islam makes a vital contribution to the ongoing dialogue about the intersection of literature, identity, and societal issues."" --Danielle Haque, author of Interrogating Secularism: Race and Religion in Arab Transnational Art and Literature"

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Hasnul Insani Djohar is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah. Her research has appeared in many journals, including Journal of Language and Literature and College Literature: A Journal of Critical Literary Studies.

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