Title:
If the oceans were ink : an unlikely friendship and a journey to the heart of the Qur'an / Carla Power.
Author:
Power, Carla, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
Call Number:
BP80.P69 P695 2015
Abstract:
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.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780805098198
Physical Description:
x, 336 pages ; 21 cm
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.
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