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Zusatztext "Ali's story is long and heart-rending! sometimes funny! sometimes frustrating! and his willingness to share it makes us all better off in the telling and re-telling as we reflect on our covenants and baggage." Informationen zum Autor Ali Eteraz was born in Pakistan and has lived in the Middle East, the Caribbean, and the United States. A graduate of Emory University and Temple Law School, he was selected for the Outstanding Scholar's Program at the United States Department of Justice and later worked in corporate litigation in Manhattan. He has published articles in Dissent , Foreign Policy , AlterNet, and altMuslim; and is a regular contributor to The Guardian UK . Klappentext An extraordinary personal journey from Islamic fundamentalism to a new life in the west In this spellbinding portrayal of a life that few Americans can imagine, Ali Eteraz tells the story of his schooling in a madrassa in Pakistan, his teenage years as a Muslim American in the Bible Belt, and his voyage back to Pakistan to find a pious Muslim wife. This lyrical, penetrating saga from a brilliant new literary voice captures the heart of our universal quest for identity and the temptations of religious extremism. Zusammenfassung A memoir that chronicles a boy's coming of age in a fundamentalist milieu, and offers an account of the ways in which people internalize and submit to Islamic extremism and social alienation. It sets forth a harrowing narrative of abuse and violence, an intimate portrait of life at the lower levels of Pakistani society.
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A memoir that chronicles a boy's coming of age in a fundamentalist milieu, and offers an account of the ways in which people internalize and submit to Islamic extremism and social alienation. It sets forth a harrowing narrative of abuse and violence, an intimate portrait of life at the lower levels of Pakistani society.
