{"product_id":"tasl-x012b-m-we-are-the-prophets-poems-on-a-coptic-girlhood-paperback","title":"Tasl\u0026#x012b;m: We Are the Prophets: Poems on a Coptic Girlhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Ramzy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume of pithy, defiant poetry and prose explore the burden of \u003ci\u003etaslīm\u003c\/i\u003e--an oral transmission of heritage and ancestral knowledge--on Coptic Orthodox women. These poems highlight the ways in which Coptic women navigate the responsibilities of transmitting ancestral knowledge while reckoning with its costs: deferred joy and pleasure until the afterlife, an almost compulsory notion of motherhood, and a gendered comportment of sacrifice and submission, even in diaspora. \u003ci\u003eTaslīm\u003c\/i\u003e in the Christian minority of Egypt becomes an even more rigid bind in immigrant communities abroad. This book is ultimately a feminist manifesto for freedom, and the choice to live and desire out loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarolyn Ramzy is associate professor of ethnomusicology at Carleton University. She specializes in Egyptian Coptic Christian music-making, especially by women who defy patriarchal restrictions and move to sing online to navigate questions around gender, sexuality, and diaspora belonging. She lives in Ottawa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353947390201,"sku":"9781774151860","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/FZ5Nllwmdk9781774151860.webp?v=1769828844","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/tasl-x012b-m-we-are-the-prophets-poems-on-a-coptic-girlhood-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}