Threading My Prayer Rug (eBook)

One Woman's Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim

Sabeeha Rehman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
352 Seiten
Arcade Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62872-666-4 (ISBN)

Infos

ONE OF BOOKLIST'S TOP TEN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY BOOKS OF 2016This enthralling story of the making of an American is also a timely meditation on being Muslim in America today.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 an arranged marriage that becomes a love match lasting forty 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 student to bride and mother; and from an immigrant intending to stay two years to an American citizen, business executive, grandmother, and tireless advocate for interfaith understanding.Beginning 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. In chapters leavened with humor, hope, and insight, she recounts an immigrant’s daily struggles balancing assimilation with preserving heritage, overcoming religious barriers from within and distortions of Islam from without, and confronting issues of raising her children as Muslims—while they lobby for a Christmas tree! Sabeeha Rehman was doing interfaith work for Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the driving force behind the Muslim community center at Ground Zero, when the backlash began. She discusses what that experience revealed about American society.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING. ONE OF BOOKLISTS TOP TEN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY BOOKS. ONE OF BOOKLISTS TOP TEN DIVERSE NONFICTION BOOKS. Honorable Mention in the San Francisco Book Festival Awards, Spiritual Category A 2019 United Methodist Women Reading Program SelectionThis enthralling story of the making of an American is a timely meditation on being Muslim in America today. Threading My Prayer Rug is a richly textured reflection. 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.Beginning 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. Sabeeha was doing interfaith work for Imam Feisal A. Rauf, the driving force behind the Muslim community center near Ground Zero, when the backlash began. She recounts what that experience revealed about American society and in a new preface discusses Islam in America in the time of Trump.

Autor

Sabeeha Rehman came to the United States in 1971. When her sons were school age, she earned her masters in healthcare administration and began a career as a hospital administrator. After her grandson was diagnosed with autism, in 2008 she cofounded the New York Metro chapter of the National Autism Association and was its president. She has spent several decades working for interfaith dialogue and was COO of the Cordoba Initiative and director of interfaith programs at the American Society for Muslim Advancement, where she traversed the Tri-State area raising awareness about Islam and in particular about the role and rights of women. She has been on the public speaking circuit since the late 1980s and has spoken at synagogues and churches, civic organizations, educational institutions, and on television. She lives with her husband in New York City.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.6.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 24 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: American Society • anti-islamic sentiment • arranged marriage • arranged marriage memoir • assimilation • Autobiography • burqa • burqa ban • discovering faith • eastern religion • Eid • eid celebration • faith club • faith journey • Fasting • fasting during ramadan • fasting during the day • festival of eid • fighting Islamophobia • finding faith • Hair covering • Hijab • Imam • Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf • immigrant's memoir • Immigration • immigration memoir • Interfaith dialogue • interfaith work • Islam • Islam 101 • Islamic love story • Islamic sects • Islam in America • Islamophobia • Islam peaceful • learn about Islam • Love Story • matchmaking • Moderate Islam • Mosque • mosque at ground zero • multi-faith dialogue • Muslim Community • Muslim imam • Muslim love story • muslim memoir • Muslim pride • Muslims in America • Muslims in the United States • Muslim US citizens • overview of Islam • Pakistan • Pakistani-Americans • Park 51 • prayer five times a day • prayer rug • Ramadan • Religious discrimination • Religious intolerance • Sociology • US society • western religion • what is Islam
• ISBN-10: 1-62872-666-0 / 1628726660
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62872-666-4 / 9781628726664