The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
a novel
$61.77
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2006
Summary
Syrian immigrant Khadra Shamy is growing up in a devout, tightly knit Muslim family in 1970s Indiana, at the crossroads of bad polyester and Islamic dress codes. Along with her brother Eyad and her African-American friends, Hakim and Hanifa, she bikes the Indianapolis streets exploring the fault-lines between Muslim” and American.” When her picture-perfect marriage goes sour, Khadra flees to Syria and learns how to pray again. On returning to America she works in an eastern state , taking …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780786715190 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0786715197 |
| Author: | Mojha Kahf |
| Publisher: | Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 446g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 151mm x 31mm |
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About The Author
Mojha Kahf
Born in Damascus, Syria, Mohja Kahf came to the U.S. as a child. Kahf is an associate professor of comparative literature at Rutgers. Her first book of literary scholarship is Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque (University of Texas Press, 1999). She is also the author of a book of poetry, E-mails from Sheherazad (University Press of Florida 2003). Kahf is a member of the national group RAWI (Radius of Arab American Writers).
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