Hammad, S. (2010). Exotic. In Born Palestinian, Born Black: & The Gaza Suite. UpSet Press.

https://islamophobiaisracism.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/hammad-suheir-exotic.pdf

This poem by Suheir Hammad illustrates how Muslim women, as the Other, is exoticized through the Western male gaze. The author is resisting such stereotypes and responding to those who hold these views about the Other woman.

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