Our understanding of the interior lives of those who are not like us is contingent on their ability to articulate themselves in the language we know.

This book is exactly what the subtitle tells you it will be: a queer Muslim memoir. Samra's incredible writing speaks to us of her specific context as a queer Muslim, providing broader insight into queer Muslim identity. She doesn't try to teach us anything (btw, there's absolutely nothing wrong with authors that do, just pointing out that that's not what's happening here), she simply tells us her story, pouring out her life before us so that we can know that she is here, and has always been. And that is enough.