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The convert : a tale of exile and extremism

Title
The convert : a tale of exile and extremism / Deborah Baker.
Author
Baker, Deborah, 1959-
Publication
Minneapolis, Minn. : Graywolf Press, 2011.

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Description
246 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
What drives a young woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a life of exile in Pakistan? The convert tells the story of how Margaret Marcus of Larchmont became Maryam Jameelah of Lahore, one of the most trenchant and celebrated voices of Islam's argument with the West.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biography.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243).
Awards (note)
  • National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2011
Contents
The marble library. al-Hijrah : the escape ; The Mawlana ; Doubt -- Jahiliyya, the age of barbarism and ignorance. The misfit ; Paagal Khanaah ; The convert -- The concrete library. The renegade ; A war between and within ; The lifted veil.
Call Number
JFD 12-2337
ISBN
  • 1555975828
  • 9781555975821
  • 9781555976279
  • 1555976271
LCCN
2011920617
OCLC
676728653
Author
Baker, Deborah, 1959-
Title
The convert : a tale of exile and extremism / Deborah Baker.
Imprint
Minneapolis, Minn. : Graywolf Press, 2011.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243).
Awards
National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2011
Research Call Number
JFD 12-2337
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