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Title The butterfly mosque [electronic resource eBook] : A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam / G. Willow Wilson.


NOTE Electronic reproduction. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2010. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2050 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB).
Summary The extraordinary story of an all-American girl’s conversion to Islam and her ensuing romance with a young Egyptian man, The Butterfly Mosque is a stunning articulation of a Westerner embracing the Muslim world.When G. Willow Wilsonalready an accomplished writer on modern religion and the Middle East at just twenty-sevenleaves her atheist parents in Denver to study at Boston University, she enrolls in an Islamic Studies course that leads to her shocking conversion to Islam and sends her on a fated journey across continents and into an uncertain future.She settles in Cairo where she teaches English and submerges herself in a culture based on her adopted religion. And then she meets Omar, a passionate young man with a mild resentment of the Western influences in his homeland. They fall in love, entering into a daring relationship that calls into question the very nature of family, belief, and tradition. Torn between the secular West and...
Documents the author's conversion from all-American atheist to Islam, a journey marked by her decision to relocate to Cairo, romance with a passionate young Egyptian, and her efforts to balance the virtues of both cultures.
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Other edition Original 9780802118875.
Subject Wilson, G. Willow, 1982-
Muslim converts -- United States -- Biography.
Muslim women -- United States -- Biography.
Muslim women -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Biography.
Americans -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Biography.
Cairo (Egypt) -- Social life and customs.
Genre Biographies.
Electronic books.
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN 9780802197092
0802197094
STANDARD # 53B44340-C24C-4298-A26D-FE08E6A97E0D OverDrive