99 Names

99 Names is the debut monograph by Ayman Kaake, published by Tall Poppy Press

The book explores the interplay of symbols, cultural practices, and religious iconography of Islam and Arabia, delving into the post-colonial effects on cultures and politics. It examines how religion is weaponized to manipulate communities under the guise of morality and God's will. Within the rigid structures of a patriarchal society, submission becomes both a constraint and a strategy. What appears as compliance is revealed as a calculated navigation—a quiet negotiation with power. Leaning into the system not in defeat but in awareness, it reshapes its limits to serve its own becoming. In this tension between yielding and control, dependency transforms into agency, and silence into a form of authorship, affecting primarily women and Queer individuals.