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She Wore Red Trainers: A Muslim Love Story

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Amirah is the second child in a family of 5 kids, their family had no stable father, their mum gets married after every divorce in the search for happiness, this leaves her broken and depressed after each marriage, and her children their share of the break, especially Aminah because she is left with the care of her siblings at her mercy. Published in 2014, She Wore Red Trainers by Na’ima B. Roberts is a young adult novel set in South London. The arena is a Muslim community that is closely knit and believes Islam to be the saving grace in a world devoid of morality, where only married love is ‘ halal’ and therefore acceptable and 18-year-olds are encouraged to succumb to their ‘emotional’ needs and tie the knot. As one of the characters, Auntie Azra, contends, Ali and Aminah met by chance at the basketball court on a day she wore red trainers,and had to struggle between Aminah’s brother ,Zayd due to his overprotectiveness, keeping it halal and dealing with their feelings.

Ali is a hardworking student and a basketball player, who just moved to London with his father and brothers for the summer vacation. Amirah is a talented high school student, who is in love with the arts. She lives with her mother, stepfather, sister, and two brothers. By observing the daily details of the relationships between Ali and his family, and Amirah and her family, readers are able to dissect their lives and understand how such relationships caused them to take certain decisions. When Ali first meets Amirah, he notices everything about her—her hijab, her long eyelashes and her red trainers—in the time it takes to have one look, before lowering his gaze. And, although Ali is still coming to terms with the loss of his mother and exploring his identity as a Muslim, and although Amirah has sworn never to get married, they can’t stop thinking about each other. Can Ali and Amirah ever have a halal “happily ever after”? She Wore Red Trainers by Na’ima B. Robert – eBook Details I believe Roberts was able to build up a love story between Amirah and Ali in a realistic manner, within what the characters consider to be “halal limitations.” Some people might think of this idea as a limitation to what Robert writes, but personally, and despite the fact that I sometimes disagree with her views, I see it as part of the community that I come from. When Ali first meets Amirah, he notices everything about her--her hijab, her long eyelashes and her red trainers--in the time it takes to have one look, before lowering his gaze. And, although Ali is still coming to terms with the loss of his mother and exploring his identity as a Muslim, and although Amirah has sworn never to get married, they can't stop thinking about each other. Can Ali and Amirah ever have a halal "happily ever after"?I felt at some points that there were unnecessary details inserted into the story, probably to make the novel longer, or maybe seen by the writer as essential to the buildup of the plot. But I felt it could have been shorter, and the end could have been reached faster.

The ending of the story was not the best I have ever read. I don’t think every novel or story written should have a happy ending. In this novel, we see Amirah and Ali flying together to Mexico after “getting married in an airport,” to start a new life where Ali could pursue his dream, while Amirah has left all her dreams of studying arts behind. For me, that’s not a happy ending; it is unrealistic and represents the end of Amirah’s dreams.The book is divided into chapters; every other chapter is told from the perspective of Ali or Amirah, so, for example, we start with Ali talking about his life and what is going on with him, and then in the next chapter, Amirah talks about her life from her own perspective. I like that approach, because some incidents in the book are told twice but from different perspectives, and that is exactly how some aspects of our lives get interpreted in different ways, as people look at things from their own perspectives. When Ali first meets Amirah, he notices everything about her—her hijab, her long eyelashes and her red trainers—in the time it takes to have one look, before lowering his gaze. And, although Ali is still coming to terms with the loss of his mother and exploring his identity as a Muslim, and although Amirah has sworn never to get married, they can't stop thinking about each other. Can Ali and Amirah ever have a halal "happily ever after"?

if a young person feels that they are physically and emotionally ready to be in a relationship, Islam encourages them to do it the right way, with honour. Why do we see nothing wrong with 13-year-olds having sex — which they do — but have such a problem with the idea of an 18 or 19 year old getting married?’ PDF / EPUB File Name: She_Wore_Red_Trainers_-_Naima_B_Robert.pdf, She_Wore_Red_Trainers_-_Naima_B_Robert.epub

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