Threading my prayer rug one woman's journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim
"This enthralling story of the making of an American is also a timely meditation on religion and culture. Threading My Prayer Rug is a richly textured reflection on what it is to be a Muslim in America today. It is also the luminous story of many journeys: from Pakistan to the United States in...
| Main Author: | Rehman, Sabeeha (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Arcade Publishing,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Not a mosque, and not at Ground Zero
- Part One. An arranged marriage in Pakistan
- 1. It's arranged
- 2. I never said, "I do" : the marriage contract
- 3. A silver watch : my splendid Pakistani wedding
- 4. Marital advice
- Part Two. A Pakistani Muslim in New York
- 5. A Pakistani bride in New York : "I wouldn't do that if I were you"
- 6. Where are you from?
- 7. A Muslim girl in New York : a holiday Muslim
- 8. Pakistani pregnancy, American delivery : a baptism of sorts, plus a circumcision
- 9. Ramadan without Ramadan : why I stopped fasting
- 10. The Christmas-ization of Eid
- 11. A Muslim among orthodox Jews
- 12. The Americanization of yours truly
- Part Three. Creating a Muslim space
- 13. Where do I begin?
- 14. Building a Muslim community
- 15. A Muslim Sunday School and a mosque
- Part Four. Rediscovering Islam : religion or culture?
- 16. Born-again Muslim
- 17. Lower your gaze
- 18. Pakistani Islam or a hybrid?
- 19. Moon sighting
- 20. Tradition versus women's rights
- 21. My brand of Islam
- 22. Abraham's sacrifice
- 23. Grounded in roots
- Part Five. An American Muslim in New York
- 24. An arranged marriage for my sons?
- 25. The Shia-Sunni schism
- 26. Don't ghetto-ize Islam
- 27. Flashpoints
- 28. And then nothing was the same : September 11, 2001
- 29. Extremism and Islamophobia : viewed from the eyes of a Muslim
- 30. Upgrading Islam into the twenty-first century
- 31. An American Muslim in Pakistan
- 32. An American Muslim in New York.