| Description |
209 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
How I met God / Samina Ali -- To be young, gifted, black, American, Muslim, and woman / Precious Rasheeda Muhammad -- Remembering love / Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil -- My own worst enemy / Manal Omar -- Marrying a believer / Asia Sharif-Clark -- Finding home / Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil -- Fumbling toward ecstasy / Yousra Y. Fazili -- On the edge of belonging / Khalida Saed -- A day in the life / Su'ad Abdul-Khabeer -- Hijra from Harlem / Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard -- The Muslim in the mirror / Mohja Kahf -- Being the leader I want to see in the world / Asra Q. Nomani -- An Islamic bill of rights for women in mosques -- An Islamic bill of rights for women in the bedroom -- A meditation on the clearing / Sarah Eltantawi -- A siren song / Aroosha Zoq Rana -- Blessed divine woman / Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil -- My son the mystic / Inas Younis -- My sister's prayer / Suheir Hammad. |
| Summary |
The first collection of writing from American Muslim women under the age of forty includes essays on a wide variety of topics, including the hijab, sex, activism, spirituality, relationships, and much more. |
| Subject |
Muslim women -- United States -- Biography.
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Muslim women -- Religious life -- United States.
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Women in Islam -- United States.
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Muslim women. (OCoLC)fst01030996
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Muslim women -- Religious life.
(OCoLC)fst01031012
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Women in Islam. (OCoLC)fst01177797
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Author |
Abdul-Ghafur, Saleemah.
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| ISBN |
0807083836 (paperback ; alk. paper) |
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9780807083833 (paperback ; alk. paper) |
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