Namesake

A collection of essays exploring what it means to be a young secular Muslim woman today by N.S. Nuseibeh, who reflects on her ancestor Nusayba, the only woman warrior to have fought alongside the Prophet

Reviews

Nuseibeh deftly probes a wide range of topics - history, feminism, religion, culture, nostalgia, racism, violence, anxiety, illness and motherhood - in ways that are deeply personal, specific and nuanced . . . Perhaps most beautifully and importantly, Nuseibeh's writing demands of her what it asks of her reader: self-examination, honesty and grace. It's no small thing to achieve in writing something so deeply personal that also graciously extends to others