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If the oceans were ink : an unlikely friendship and a journey to the heart of the Qurʼan / Carla Power.

By: Power, Carla [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015Edition: First edition.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index.Description: x, 336 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780805098198 (pbk.); 0805098194 (pbk.).Subject(s): Power, Carla | Nadwī, Muḥammad Akram | Islam -- Appreciation | Islam -- Essence, genius, nature | Islamophobia -- Europe | Islam -- Public opinionDDC classification: 297.092 | B
Contents:
Introduction: a map for the journey -- The origins -- The Qurʼan in twenty-five words -- An American in the East -- A Muslim in the West -- Road trip to the Indian madrasa -- A migrant's prayer mat -- The home -- Pioneer life in Oxford -- Nine-thousand hidden women -- The little rosy one -- Veiling and unveiling -- Reading the women -- The world -- A pilgrim's progress -- Jesus, Mary, and the Qurʼan -- Beyond politics -- The pharaoh and his wife -- War stories -- The last lesson -- Conclusion: everlasting return -- Author's note -- Glossary.
Summary: The eye-opening story of how American Carla Powers and her longtime friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index.

Introduction: a map for the journey -- The origins -- The Qurʼan in twenty-five words -- An American in the East -- A Muslim in the West -- Road trip to the Indian madrasa -- A migrant's prayer mat -- The home -- Pioneer life in Oxford -- Nine-thousand hidden women -- The little rosy one -- Veiling and unveiling -- Reading the women -- The world -- A pilgrim's progress -- Jesus, Mary, and the Qurʼan -- Beyond politics -- The pharaoh and his wife -- War stories -- The last lesson -- Conclusion: everlasting return -- Author's note -- Glossary.

The eye-opening story of how American Carla Powers and her longtime friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities.

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