Article: Rebellious spirit takes on Islamaphobia and misogyny.(Dispatches)

First, one must accept Maha's racy language, her Durban slang and rough coming-of-age talk. Without the aid of the appended glossary, many of Maha's words and phrases may escape you. But if you press on, the veil will be lifted on the turbulent life of an audacious young South African Muslim woman.

Maha's mother, Maryam Maal, "the catch of the decade", disappointed her illustrious and snobbish family when she fell for Achmat Jacobs. The one man who did not want her for her father's money was beneath her station. Her parents never spoke to her again. But they did come to pack up her possessions and take Maha into the maternal family bosom after Maryam and Achmat were gunned ...

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