If the oceans were ink an unlikely friendship and a journey to the heart of the Qurʼan
The eye-opening story of how American Carla Powers and her longtime friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities.
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2015.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a If the oceans were ink : |b an unlikely friendship and a journey to the heart of the Qurʼan / |c Carla Power. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Henry Holt and Company, |c 2015. | |
| 300 | |a x, 336 pages ; |c 21 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: a map for the journey -- The origins -- The Qurʼan in twenty-five words -- An American in the East -- A Muslim in the West -- Road trip to the Indian madrasa -- A migrant's prayer mat -- The home -- Pioneer life in Oxford -- Nine-thousand hidden women -- The little rosy one -- Veiling and unveiling -- Reading the women -- The world -- A pilgrim's progress -- Jesus, Mary, and the Qurʼan -- Beyond politics -- The pharaoh and his wife -- War stories -- The last lesson -- Conclusion: everlasting return -- Author's note -- Glossary. | |
| 520 | |a The eye-opening story of how American Carla Powers and her longtime friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Power, Carla. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Muslim converts |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Islam |x Appreciation. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Islam |x Essence, genius, nature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Islamophobia |z Europe. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Islam |x Public opinion. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Autobiographies. |2 lcgft | |
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