How Muslims Shaped the Americas

Journalist Omar Mouallem uncovers the surprising history of Muslim communities thriving in the west, challenging assumptions about belonging and identity, in this beautifully written, award-winning book.
 

About the author

Omar Mouallem is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Maclean’s, WIRED, and more. He coauthored the national bestseller Inside the Inferno: A Firefighter’s Story of the Brotherhood that Saved Fort McMurray, and codirected Digging in the Dirt, a documentary about mental health in the Alberta oil patch. In 2020, he founded Pandemic University School of Writing. And in 2023, he released a feature-length documentary about Burger Baron, the popular Alberta restaurant chain, called The Lebanese Burger Mafia. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta, with his family. Follow him on Twitter @OmarMouallem and find him at OmarMouallem.com.

Summary

Journalist Omar Mouallem uncovers the surprising history of Muslim communities thriving in the west, challenging assumptions about belonging and identity, in this beautifully written, award-winning book.

Product details

• Authors: Omar Mouallem, Mouallem Omar
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2024
• EAN: 9781501199165
• ISBN: 978-1-5011-9916-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, The Americas, Social groups: religious groups and communities, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional