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Join us for a lively discussion of the pow erful memoir Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. \;

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When fourteen-year-old Lamya H realizes she has a crush on her teacher--h er female teacher--she covers up her attraction\, an attraction she can't yet name\, by playing up her roles as overachiever and class clown. Born i n South Asia\, she moved to the Middle East at a young age and has spent y ears feeling out of place\, like her own desires and dreams don't matter\, and it's easier to hide in plain sight. To disappear. But one day in Qura n class\, she reads a passage about Maryam that changes everything: when M aryam learned that she was pregnant\, she insisted no man had touched her. Could Maryam\, uninterested in men\, be . . . like Lamya? This searingly intimate memoir in essays\, spanning Lamya's childhood to her arrival in t he United States for college through early-adult life in New York City\, t ells a universal story of courage\, trust\, and love\, celebrating what it means to be a seeker and an architect of one's own life.

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