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272 pages, Hardcover
First published February 21, 2019
"They push you to behave a certain way, which they say is the right way, but why is the right way always less than a man?"
-Immodesty is the Best Policy by Coco Khan
"The book my father gave me celebrated Khadija. It celebrated her wealth, and most importantly it celebrated the fact that she was reliant on no man. Her feminism was about a woman's right to be independent of anyone else. Khadija's business and her money belonged to her, and that gave her freedom.
-The First Feminist by Sufiya Ahmed
"Islam is a religion that empowers women. And yet, for many young Muslim girls, their understanding of Islam comes entirely from a series of cultural interpretations of their faith dictated by the patriarchy."
- Feminism Needs to Die by Mariam Khan
“Every essay in this book is unfinished, because each one is the beginning of a very necessary conversation.”