Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing
Book Details
- Publisher : University of Regina Press
- Published : 2026
- Pages : 216
- Category :
Forthcoming - Category 2 :
Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 98512
- ISBN 13 : 9781779401281
- ISBN 10 : 1779401280
Table of Contents
Foreword
Imam Mushin Hendricks
Introduction
Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan
PART ONE: IDENTITY AND FAMILY
- Pagal Ke Beta Chaka Ka Ma: Son of Mad, Mother of Fag
Sami Sharif
- Wound (Open) Letter to My Mother—Saara
Samajhdaar—Y.K.
- The glass from my chest is melting into my toes
Maha Noor
- Me My Mama and My Mama’s Racism
Ayan Yusuf Karshe
- Self-Care? No, Thank You
Maryam Khan
PART TWO: STRUGGLES AND RESILIENCE
- Lessons of Resistance
Fira
- Fighting the Islamic State and Islamophobia
Nazanin Moghadami
- An Overdue Letter to My Inner Child
Adnan Patel
- Rethinking Therapy: Building Resilience through Culture and Spirituality
Robbie Ahmed
PART THREE: HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION
- Honouring Shame: An Embodied Experience of Queering Islam
Sarah Shah
- Psychedelics and Possibilities — S.H.
- Party ’n’ Pray: A Conversation about Substances and Spirituality
Shafik Kamani and Rahim Thawer
PART FOUR. COMMUNITY AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
- Trans Wudu
Aaron El Sabrout
- The Garden Is My Home
Nathan Viktor Fawaz
- Queer Conversations with Allah
Mond Motadi
- Is That Muslim?: Building Community in Diverse Ways
El-Farouk Khaki in collaboration with Troy Jackson
- Diving Into Allah’s Mercy
Elias B.
- Clustering Into Collective Care
Amal Ishaque
- Quasa Meeting Minutes
Nas
Conclusion
Epilogue: Honoring Imam Muhsin Hendricks

