Saffron : a collection of personal narratives by Muslim women / edited by Dr. Zaheera Jina.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jina, Zaheera, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim women--South Africa--Biography.

Muslim women.

Muslim women--South Africa--Social conditions.

Muslim women--Food--South Africa.

Marriage--Religious aspects--Islam.

Marriage.

Muslim women--Social conditions.

South Africa.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 288 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Grant Park, South Africa : African Perspectives Publishing, [2018]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: LIVED REALITIES

1. Living as awliya / Safiyyah Surtee

2. Planning for the marriage vs planning for the wedding / Adela Bootha

3. The importance of a marriage contract / Papatia Feauxzar

4. Words of wisdom from my Naani / Safiyyah Sujee

5. An ideal world... / Mariam B. Daya

Pearls of wisdom

FOOD AND MARRIAGE

6. Ways to the heart: Food in our marriage / Saaleha Idrees Bamjee

7. Love, life and piping hot roti / Fatima Bheekoo-Shah

8. Toasted cheese sandwiches / Safeera Kaka

9. The taming of the shrew! / Hina Nafe

10. Food in a marriage / Afzad-Al

11. Marriage is a feast / Nabihah Plaatjes

12. Those first 30 cups of roti dough... / Maymoona Chohan

13. Cooked! / Khalida Moosa

14. Khidmat in the kitchen / Aneesa Bodiat-Sujee

15. "Hungry, darling?" / Raashida Khan

16. Some like it hot! / Gouwa Gabier

17. The `love story' kitchen / Quraisha Dawood

18. If food be the music of love, play on... / Zayboon Motala

HARDSHIP AND CONFLICT

19. My Bollywood movie love / Yumna Samaria

20. From point A to point B; beyond ocean and continent / Najma Ansari

21. Seek your husband's advice / Khairun-Nisaa Dadipatel

22. At a time when marriage meant everything / Sabera Chothia

23. Reflections of a daughter / Sumayya Mehtar

24. Braving conflict and hardship with perseverance / Anonymous

25. If only I had known / Nurnazida Nazri

26. When `the one' is the wrong one! / Shauqeen Mizaj

27. Beautiful lies / Saffiya Ismail Cassim

28. Understanding where conflicts come from / Anonymous

29. When communication is not enough / Papatia Feauxzar

30. Marriage and emotional disorders / Layla Abdullah-Poulos

31. Surviving a traumatic incident: Lessons learnt / Shakira Akabor

DEALING WITH IN-LAWS

32. A cup of milky white tea / Mumtaz Moosa Saley

33. Your mother-in-law is not your enemy / Nabeela Noorani

34. Dealing with in-laws / Zara Valli

35. I married his family and they married me ... / Zaheera Jina

INTIMACY, BABY-MAKING AND CHILDREN

36. My `first night' / Afzad-Ai

37. Too painful to be pleasurable / Anonymous

38. The etiquette to follow for the nuptial night / Papatia Feauxzar

39. Sublime strawberries / N. Moola

40. Life, lies and liberation / Quraisha Dawood

41. Difficulties of conceiving / Anonymous

42. Baby-making / Anonymous

43. When the body betrays / Dilshad Parker

44. My heart's story / Somayya Hansrod

45. Romance on pause / Ayesha Desai

46. Raising kids in the 21st century / Fatima Kazee

47. Porridge-brain syndrome / Feroza Arbee

48. When the father is a better parent / Razina Theba

THE SELF-ESTEEM OF A MUSLIM WOMAN

49. Letter to my daughter / Rehana Moosajee

50. It's all about your mind-set... / Fatima Kazee

51. The fairest of us all / Yasmin Denat

52. Finding myself in my marriage / Maimoonah Gori

53. Writing my own script / Shaakira Rahiman-Saleh

54. Love lost and found / Waasila Jassat

55. Feeling beautiful in a marriage / Hawa Bibi Shahaboodien

56. "If you want to be original, be ready to be copied" / Jamela Garda

Pearls of wisdom.

ISBN:

0639918727

9780639918723

OCLC:

1032352048

Publisher Number:

99992175057