The convert, a tale of exile and extremism, Deborah Baker
Type
Label
The convert, a tale of exile and extremism, Deborah Baker
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243)
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The convert
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
676728653
Responsibility statement
Deborah Baker
Sub title
a tale of exile and extremism
Summary
What drives a young woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a life of exile in Pakistan? The convert tells the story of how Margaret Marcus of Larchmont became Maryam Jameelah of Lahore, one of the most trenchant and celebrated voices of Islam's argument with the West
Table Of Contents
The marble library. al-Hijrah : the escape ; The Mawlana ; Doubt -- Jahiliyya, the age of barbarism and ignorance. The misfit ; Paagal Khanaah ; The convert -- The concrete library. The renegade ; A war between and within ; The lifted veil