Free Download Halal Sex: The Intimate Lives of Muslim Women in North America (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B5M88G9K | 2023 | 5 hours and 37 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 312 MB
Author: Sheima Benembarek
Narrator: Sheima Benembarek, Mona Eltahawy
An unprecedented glimpse into the sex lives of female and gender-expansive Muslims living across Canada and the United States. In the Muslim world, sex is permissible (or halal) only within the confines of marriage. Outside of wedlock, the act is considered haram, a sin of the faith. Girls are taught to protect their virginity; their mothers, if not forgoing "the talk" altogether, obscure the facts with elliptical language and metaphors. So, what happens when immigrants and the children of immigrants set about pursuing an open and active sex life on a more sexually liberated continent, amid western peers and attitudes? The six deeply personal stories in Halal Sex attempt to answer this question, bringing a hushed conversation out into the open. With great empathy, Sheima Benembarek makes space for the honesty and vulnerability of each participant and handles their stories with gentleness and care. What emerges is a tapestry of a diverse Islam-encompassing a wide variety of cultural and religious and socioeconomic backgrounds-and a frank, feminist contribution to the advancement of Muslim sexual education and pleasure.