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The Writing on My Forehead
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Nafisa Haji |
Free-spirited and rebellious Muslim-American Saira Qader rejected the constricting notions of family, duty, obligation, and fate, choosing instead to become a journalist, but when tragedy strikes fiv… |
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American Dervish
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Ayad Akhtar |
Hayat Shah learns that Mina, his mother's oldest friend is leaving Pakistan to live with them in America, he is thrilled, but Hayat's father is less enthusiastic. He doesn't relish the idea of Mina's… |
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American dervish
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Ayad Akhtar |
A young Pakistani boy, whose parents left the fundamentalists behind when they came to America, finds transformation and a path to happiness through a family friend, Mina, who shows him the beauty an… |
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Family practices in South Asian Muslim families
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Harriet Becher |
"This study focuses on parent-child relationships in South Asian Muslim families, paying close attention to the interconnections between family, religious and cultural practices. Key themes include t… |
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The debt of Tamar
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Nicole Dweck |
"Four hundred years before Oskar Schindler there was Suleiman the Magnificent, an Ottoman sultan who rescued thousands of Jews from the Inquisition... In 1544, as Inquisition fires rage in Portugal, … |
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The lines we cross
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Randa Abdel-Fattah |
Michael likes to hang out with his friends and play with the latest graphic design software. His parents drag him to rallies held by their anti-immigrant group, which rails against the tide of refuge… |
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Hoy no voy a matar a nadie
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Randa Ghazy |
"Jasmine tiene veintitrés años. Va a la universidad, sale con sus amigas, liga, se pelea con sus padres. Todo normal. Bueno, no exactamente, porque es musulmana y vive en Milán. Jasmine a menudo está… |
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God smites and other Muslim girl problems
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Ishara Deen |
Against the wishes of her conservative parents, Asiya goes for a walk in the woods with her boyfriend and discovers a dead body. A mystery told with teenage angst and humor. |
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White Teeth
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Ana María de la Fuente Suárez,Zadie Smith,Jenny Sterlin |
One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years, WHITE TEETH is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with frien… |
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