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How to be a Muslim : an American story
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How to be a Muslim : an American story
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Physical Description:
231 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
"Reveals a young man coping with the crushing pressure of a world that fears Muslims, struggling with his faith and searching for intellectual forebears, and suffering the onset of bipolar disorder. This is the story of the second-generation immigrant, of what it's like to lose yourself between cultures and how to pick up the pieces"--back cover.
Contents:
You go to sleep, and you wake up dead -- How the hell the apple fell -- Linda was a cheerleader -- Judge none choose one -- Catholic girls -- Hi, I'm not a Christian -- Which of these two land cruisers will you deny? -- And shams is the sun -- "Are you there, Muhammas? It's me God. -- A planet called Medina -- The Fanafel philosophy -- You think you need to get married -- Between the dome of the rock and a hard place -- Wake me up when September ends -- Make it look like you're working -- The gravedigger said -- The late, great mosque of Córdoba -- How to be an idiot -- The bigamist -- Emirate state of mind -- Jet engine oven -- Matthew and son -- Who shot the Shatri -- Gazi Husrev begging the question -- Muslim prefers Virgin.
Publication Info:
Boston : Beacon Press, 2017.
Subject:
Muslims -- United States -- Biography.
Islam -- Essence, genius, nature
Moghul, Haroon
Muslims in the United States
SAILS ISBN:
9780807020746