![]() ![]() Rauf, the driving force behind the Muslim community center near Ground Zero, when the backlash began. Sabeeha was doing interfaith work for Imam Feisal A. 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. 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. Threading My Prayer Rug is a richly textured reflection. Honorable Mention in the San Francisco Book Festival Awards, Spiritual Category A 2019 United Methodist Women Reading Program Selection This enthralling story of the making of an American is a timely meditation on being Muslim in America today. ![]() ONE OF BOOKLIST'S TOP TEN DIVERSE NONFICTION BOOKS. ONE OF BOOKLIST'S TOP TEN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY BOOKS. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING. ![]()
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