The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam

Wilson, G. Willow

ISBN 10: 0802145337 / ISBN 13: 9780802145338

Edité par Grove Press, 2011

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Synopsis :

The Butterfly Mosque, journalist G. Willow Wilson's remarkable story of converting to Islam and falling in love with an Egyptian man in a volatile post-9/11 world, was praised as "an eye-opening look at a misunderstood and often polarizing faith" (Booklist) and "a tremendously heartfelt, healing crosscultural fusion" (Publishers Weekly).

Inspired by her experience during a college Islamic Studies course, Wilson, who was raised an atheist, decides to risk everything to convert to Islam and embark on a fated journey across continents and into an uncertain future. She settles in Cairo, where she attempts to submerge herself in a culture based on her adopted religion and where she meets Omar, a man with a mild resentment of the Western influences in his homeland. They begin a daring relationship that calls into question the very nature of family, belief, and tradition. Torn between the secular West and Muslim East, Wilson records her intensely personal struggle to forge a "third culture" that might accommodate her values without compromising them or the friends and family on both sides of the divide.

À propos de l'auteur:

G. Willow Wilson was born in New Jersey in 1982 and raised in Colorado. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed comics Air and Vixen. She divides her time between Cairo and Seattle.

Visit Willow's website at gwillowwilson.com

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American ...
Éditeur : Grove Press
Date d'édition : 2011
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Acceptable