How to Be a Muslim: An American Story - Couverture souple

Moghul, Haroon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807020745 ISBN 13 : 9780807020746

Editeur : Beacon Press, 2017

Synopsis

A searing portrait of Muslim life in the West, this “profound and intimate” memoir captures one man’s struggle to forge an American Muslim identity (Washington Post)

Haroon Moghul was thrust into the spotlight after 9/11, becoming an undergraduate leader at New York University’s Islamic Center forced into appearances everywhere: on TV, before interfaith audiences, in print. Moghul was becoming a prominent voice for American Muslims even as he struggled with his relationship to Islam. In high school he was barely a believer and entirely convinced he was going to hell. He sometimes drank. He didn’t pray regularly. All he wanted was a girlfriend.

But as he discovered, it wasn’t so easy to leave religion behind. To be true to himself, he needed to forge a unique American Muslim identity that reflected his beliefs and personality. How to Be a Muslim reveals a young man coping with the crushing pressure of a world that fears Muslims, struggling with his faith and searching for intellectual forebears, and suffering the onset of bipolar disorder. This is the story of the second-generation immigrant, of what it’s like to lose yourself between cultures and how to pick up the pieces.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Haroon Moghul builds Muslim-Jewish engagement at the Shalom Hartman Institute. He’s written for the Washington Post, the Guardian, Time, Foreign Policy, Haaretz, and CNN. He and his wife want to move back to New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Beacon Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807020745
• ISBN 13: 9780807020746
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Beacon Press; https://www.beacon.org/Assets/ClientPages/History.aspx; ; THE BEACON PRESS 24 Farnsworth Street; Boston; MA; 2210; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: non disponible