This book is absolutely incredible and does so much in unpacking the intersections between queerness, race, immigration, and religion. I adore all of it and how Lamya has found parts of her religion that she identifies with and that can comfort her in her struggles in a world with so much in place that targets her. I will definitely go back to this book in the future. It is so important to preserve stories like these, with members of religions some may see as inherently conservative or bigoted, stories of people on such religion that are queer and feminist and don’t fit the traditional mold. Lamya did not struggle through their life and its intersections just for people to overlook the people like them. It’s so often that people look at Abrahamic religions, especially Islam, as constricting forces working against marginalized people, but this story can serve to help remind everyone that religion can be used for good and for healing just as well. I adored everything about this book and how Lamya connected the prophets to turning points in her life. This was probably the most creative memoir I have read so far!