My Past Is A Foreign Country: A Muslim Feminist Finds Herself

A story of faith, feminism & finding yourself, for fans of Educated & The Good Immigrant.'Touching on often taboo subjects . . . Talkhani's story of grit is a portrait of a young woman who refused to let others define her.' — ELLE'Brilliant & brutally honest, this memoir ropes you in with every page. The intimacy that Zeba evokes will remind you of your own sister opening her heart to you.' — Meena Kandasamy, author of When I Hit You, shortlisted for The Women's Prize27-year-old Zeba Talkhani charts her experiences growing up in Saudi Arabia amid patriarchal customs reminiscent of The Handmaid's Tale, & her journey to find freedom abroad in India, Germany & the UK as a young woman.Talkhani offers a fresh perspective on living as an outsider & examines her relationship with her mother & the challenges she faced when she experienced hair loss at a young age. Rejecting the traditional path her culture had chosen for her, Talkhani became financially independent & married on her own terms in the UK. Drawing on her personal experiences Talkhani shows how she fought for the right to her individuality as a feminist Muslim & refused to let negative experiences define her.Zeba Talkhani has written for the Saudi Gazette, the Manipal Journal, gal-dem, Wasafiri & the Nasty Women anthology. She works in publishing & is a passionate advocate for BAME voices in the publishing industry. She was born in Sirsi, South India, in 1991. She currently lives in London. 'Brilliant and brutally honest, this memoir ropes you in with every page. The intimacy that Zeba evokes will remind you of your own sister opening her heart to you.' Meena Kandasamy, author of When I Hit You, shortlisted for The Women's Prize27-year-old Zeba Talkhani charts her experiences growing up in Saudi Arabia amid patriarchal customs reminiscent of The Handmaid's Tale, and her journey to find freedom abroad in India, Germany and the UK as a young woman.Talkhani offers a fresh perspective on living as an outsider and examines her relationship with her mother and the challenges she faced when she experienced hair loss at a young age. Rejecting the traditional path her culture had chosen for her, Talkhani became financially independent and married on her own terms in the UK. Drawing on her personal experiences Talkhani shows how she fought for the right to her individuality as a feminist Muslim and refused to let negative experiences define her. 'A brave new voice that reaches out to us all' Miranda Doyle, author of A Book of Untruths 27-year-old Zeba Talkhani charts her experiences growing up in Saudi Arabia amid patriarchal customs reminiscent of The Handmaid's Tale, and her journey to find freedom abroad in India, Germany and the UK as a young woman. Talkhani offers a fresh perspective on living as an outsider and examines her relationship with her mother and the challenges she faced when she experienced hair loss at a young age. Rejecting the traditional path her culture had chosen for her, Talkhani became financially independent and married on her own terms in the UK. Drawing on her personal experiences Talkhani shows how she fought for the right to her individuality as a feminist Muslim and refused to let negative experiences define her. The author charts her experiences growing up in Saudi Arabia amid patriarchal customs and her journey to find freedom abroad in India, Germany and the UK as a young woman. She offers a fresh perspective on living as an outsider and examines her relationship with her mother. Rejecting the traditional path her culture had chosen for her,Talkhani became financially independent and married on her own terms in the UK. Drawing on her personal experiences shows how she fought for the right to her individuality as a feminist Muslim and refused to let negative experiences define her