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Hijab Butch Blues by Dahlia Mortata
Hijab Butch Blues is a memoir by South Asian, queer Muslim immigrant Lemia H. The author publishes semi-anonymously because her parents still live in the Arabian Gulf. She starts the book in the country where she grew up as an angsty teen who feels lost and unseen. Meriam is the Arabic name for Mary, the mother of Jesus.
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