![]() ![]() She recounts what that experience revealed about American society and in a new preface discusses Islam in America in the time of Trump. ![]() Rauf, the driving force behind the Muslim community center near Ground Zero, when the backlash began. Sabeeha was doing interfaith work for Imam Feisal A. It is also the luminous story of many journeys: from Pakistan to the United States in an arranged marriage that becomes a love match lasting forty-five years from secular Muslim in an Islamic society to devout Muslim in a society ignorant of Islam, and from liberal to conservative to American Muslim from bride to mother and from an immigrant intending to stay two years to an American citizen, business executive, grandmother, and tireless advocate for interfaith understanding.īeginning with a sweetly funny, moving account of her arranged marriage, the author undercuts stereotypes and offers the refreshing view of an American life through Muslim eyes. Threading My Prayer Rug is a richly textured reflection. Humorous, funny but sweet and true: Sabeeha tells her story as she traces her journey from a young bride to a mother, to an immigrant trying to make America. This enthralling story of the making of an American is a timely meditation on being Muslim in America today. Honorable Mention in the San Francisco Book Festival Awards, Spiritual CategoryĪ 2019 United Methodist Women Reading Program Selection ONE OF BOOKLIST' S TOP TEN DIVERSE NONFICTION BOOKS. Threading My Prayer Rug is a richly textured reflection. ONE OF *BOOKLIST'*S TOP TEN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY BOOKS. **SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING. ![]()
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