Lamya H

not your tragic queer/muslim/hijabi narrative @lamyaisangry

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How Trump's America Has Changed the Way I Wear My Identities

As a gender nonconforming, queer immigrant and Muslim, I'm constantly shuffling the identities I expose. But whether I'm wearing a hijab or a snapback, there's nowhere to hide anymore.

hi tumblr, i wrote this essay and wanted to share. 

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in which i use one side of my dyke march sign to say things and the other side to block people from taking photos of me.

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a definition

queer: to be broken by (non-normative) desire in a way that lends itself to imagining worlds, liberations, justices anew.

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A personal history of Islamophobia in America

We drive up to the spot, and as soon as my brother kills the engine, we are surrounded by uniformed cops with drawn guns. One cop is telling my brother to get out of the driver's seat with his hands up.

i wrote a new piece! :)

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how beautiful.

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What did you say? Heterosexuality is haram? Wtf. Hope it's joke or something

- Noah’s wife was straight. Lot’s wife was straight. Pharaoh was straight. Literally every person who is punished ~by name~ in the Taurat, Injeel AND Qur’an were heterosexual. Coincidence?

- If Adam’s judgement wasn’t clouded by his heterosexuality we wouldn’t be in this worldly mess in the first place. IF Adam was gay like a normal person we never would have been kicked out of the garden.

- “Straight”/”Hetrosexual” are modern sociological constructs. Heterosexuality is bidah. 

- If heterosexuality is permissible then why are there gendered barriers in the masjid? Why are men allowed to expose their navels so wantonly amongst their brothers, but not amongst women?? HMMM?

The only straightness for true Muslims is as-sirat al-mustaqim. It’s so obvious I don’t know how you can’t see it.Heterosexuality is haraam. Obviously.

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Hello, I was wondering if it's alright if I quote three paragraphs of your Salon article on my tumblr with links to both the article and your tumblr page. My blog is personal and only about 6 of my friends follow me, but I just wanted to make sure if it's OK with you because I realized recently that some writers and media outlets I follow explicitly ask not to post more than one paragraph of content. I'm sorry if this is a silly question, I'm still fairly new to tumblr and cross-posting debates.

Absolutely! Feel free to post. Thanks for reading!

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Yes, it’s possible to be queer and Muslim

People think Islam and queerness are contradictory, but both are deeply woven into the fabric of who I am

in which i write about (what else but) Queer Muslim Feels. 

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الجبار

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Al Jabbar - the restorer, He who mends the broken and completes the incomplete. 

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Hello Lamya, I read your blog and its really so very heart touching. I dont know if I fit in or not, but I do know that all that you write relates to me. I would very much like for you to share your experience and how to go about this, Would love to keep in touch!

thanks for this message, anon. i too, often find myself wondering i fit in or not. email me at hijabandboijeans at gmail, let’s def be in touch. <3  

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err

i just (re)discovered my tumblr inbox, and am floored and humbled by your messages. responding to things from months ago, bear with me as i get to them all. <3 

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Various Things I have Written

Compiled here: http://hijabandboijeans.tumblr.com/written

[hijabandboijeans]

never fails to make me giggle. “Allah has some dope rhymes.”

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i, personally, would love to calm down, and yet

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[silent-wordsmith]

Official petition to replace “in the closet” with “keeping a straight face”