We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

by Samra Habib

Book Overview

CANADA READS 2020 WINNER
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER

How do you find yourself when the world tells you that you don't exist?

Samra Habib has spent most of her life searching for the safety to be herself. As an Ahmadi Muslim growing up in Pakistan, she faced regular threats from Islamic extremists who believed the small, dynamic sect to be blasphemous. From her parents, she internalized the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735235007
• ISBN13: 9780735235007
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

One of the most stunning pieces of literature

I read this book within a day. It was exquisite- it strengthened my heart and my faith. I could feel a tie to the divine that is grounded in this piece of literature. It was necessary, and lovely. Thank you Samra, mashallah.