Threading my prayer rug : one woman's journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim
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- ISBN: 9781628726633
- ISBN: 1628726636
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Physical Description:
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322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Arcade Publishing, [2016]
Contents / Notes
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Not a mosque, and not at Ground Zero -- Part One. An arranged marriage in Pakistan -- 1. It's arranged -- 2. I never said, "I do": the marriage contract -- 3. A silver watch: my splendid Pakistani wedding -- 4. Marital advice -- Part Two. A Pakistani Muslim in New York -- 5. A Pakistani bride in New York: "I wouldn't do that if I were you" -- 6. Where are you from? -- 7. A Muslim girl in New York: a holiday Muslim -- 8. Pakistani pregnancy, American delivery: a baptism of sorts, plus a circumcision -- 9. Ramadan without Ramadan: why I stopped fasting -- 10. The Christmas-ization of Eid -- 11. A Muslim among orthodox Jews -- 12. The Americanization of yours truly -- Part Three. Creating a Muslim space -- 13. Where do I begin? -- 14. Building a Muslim community -- 15. A Muslim Sunday School and a mosque -- Part Four. Rediscovering Islam: religion or culture? -- 16. Born-again Muslim -- 17. Lower your gaze -- 18. Pakistani Islam or a hybrid? -- 19. Moon sighting -- 20. Tradition versus women's rights -- 21. My brand of Islam -- 22. Abraham's sacrifice -- 23. Grounded in roots -- Part Five. An American Muslim in New York -- 24. An arranged marriage for my sons? -- 25. The Shia-Sunni schism -- 26. Don't ghetto-ize Islam -- 27. Flashpoints -- 28. And then nothing was the same: September 11, 2001 -- 29. Extremism and Islamophobia: viewed from the eyes of a Muslim -- 30. Upgrading Islam into the twenty-first century -- 31. An American Muslim in Pakistan -- 32. An American Muslim in New York. |
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Subject: | Rehman, Sabeeha Pakistani American women Biography Pakistani Americans Biography Muslims United States Biography Muslim women United States Biography |
Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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