Uniform Title Qurʼan. English.

Title American Qur'an / artwork by Sandow Birk ; with a preface by Reza Aslan and featuring essays from Zareena Grewal and Iftikhar Dadi.

Publication Info.	New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2016]
	©2016

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department	297 BIR	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Oversize	297.1 AME	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	xvii, 443 pages : color illustrations ; 42 cm
Note	Based on an 1861 English translation.
	Additional essay by Catharine Clark.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-440).
Contents	How to read over Sandow BIrk's shoulder : an American Muslim's notes on the American Qur'an / by Zareena Grewall -- American Qur'an -- The aesthetics of the American Qur'an Project / by Iftikhar Dadi -- The development of Sandow Birk's American Qur'an / by Catharine Clark.
Summary	The text of the Qurʼan in English translation, hand-lettered, within ornamental borders, and superimposed on the artist's paintings of life in the United States.
Subject	Qurʼan.
	Qurʼan -- Illustrations.
	Islam -- Influence.
	United States -- Civilization -- Pictorial works.
	Birk, Sandow, 1964- (OCoLC)fst00420665
	Qurʼan. (OCoLC)fst01842877
	Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
	Islam -- Influence. (OCoLC)fst00979810
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
	Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
Added Author	Birk, Sandow, 1964- illustrator.
	Aslan, Reza, writer of preface.
	Grewal, Zareena, writer of added commentary.
	Dadi, Iftikhar, writer of added commentary.
ISBN	9781631490187 hardcover
	1631490184 hardcover

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