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Female, Muslim Author Blends Scholarship and Personal Experience into an Exposé on the Beauties and Trials of Being a Plural Wife
NEW YORK, NY—JANUARY 27, 2007— An alternative to the predominate view of Islaamic polygyny as an oppressive, archaic marital practice, Polygynous Blessings: Musings of a Muslim Wife provides an intimate look into the life of MizAzeez, a Muslim wife who lives in a polygynous marriage. A compilation of 7 months of blog entries exploring MizAzeez’s struggle being a plural wife and her ultimate embracing of an otherwise stigmatized marital practice, Polygynous Blessings: Musings of a Muslim Wife includes personal reflections, excerpts from the Qur’aan and Sunnah (statements and actions of the Prophet of Islaam, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him), and religious verdicts by renowned Muslim scholars.
MizAzeez openly accepts and advocates for polygyny as a viable and legitimate marital institution, when practiced according to the tenets of Islaam. She published her memoir in order to provide a more balanced view of Islaamic polygyny from the perspective of a Muslim woman for whom polygyny is a reality. From Polygynous Blessings: Musings of a Muslim Wife, women can draw strength and guidance from MizAzeez’s own struggle of maintaining patience through adversity. In addition, MizAzeez clarifies some of the most common misunderstandings regarding polygyny in Islaam, drawing from classical sources of Islaamic scholarship.
“I started writing because I wanted people to see the process of one sister trying to cope AND overcome her struggle with polygyny,” said MizAzeez. “I wanted to make polygyny work in my life. I wanted to get past the supposed cons and see the potential pros, not as just some abstract concepts, but as my lived experience. I wanted to be at peace with my polygynous situation and so that is what I strove for. And that is what I got... and I want other sisters to be able to find the peace that I have found.”
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ABOUT AUTHOR
MizAzeez was always a seeker a truth, a challenger of the status quo, a fighter against injustice, and a deconstructor of stereotypical, biased representations and half-truths. While in high school, a class trip to a local masjid peaked her interest in Islaam, an interest that was later increased while on a trip to Spain’s southern coast which was filled with remnants of a Muslim past. After Sept. 11, MizAzeez was compelled to focus her end of the year American Women’s History class project on Muslim women in America, seeking to combat the barrage of media coverage about the so-called “oppressed, burqa-wearing” Muslim women of Afghanistan. It was while doing research for this presentation that MizAzeez began to learn of the honorable position of women in Islaam, finding her heart drawn towards the faith. While a freshman in college, MizAzeez befriended a group of Muslim women who showed her the beauty of sisterhood in Islaam, leading to her embracing of the deen.
A Muslim now for close to four years, MizAzeez has since graduated from Hunter College with a B.A. in Urban Studies and has been married for a little over a year. Her experience as a wife in a polygynous marriage inspired her to write and self-publish the memoir, Polygynous Blessings: Musings of a Muslim Wife. She plans to follow up her memoir with a book compiling the stories of children’s experiences in polygynous families. It is MizAzeez’s wish to make hijrah insha’Allaah to Yemen and live a very humble and simple life.
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"And among His signs is this, that He has created for you wives from among yourselves, that you may find repose in them, and He has put between you affection and mercy. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who reflect."
~The Noble Quraan (30:21)~
Polygynous Blessings
Musings of a Muslim Wife
www.lulu.com/poly_blessings
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