Good Muslim Boy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Good Muslim Boy write by Osamah Sami. This book was released on 2015-05-01. Good Muslim Boy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Good Muslim Boy tells the story of Osamah Sami’s journey from Iran during the Iraq war to the suburbs of Australia and his quest to fit into his new life whilst trying to stay a good Muslim boy. In turns comic and tragic, Osamah’s story explores the universal truths of growing up, falling in love, marriage, family and following one's dream; whilst also telling the immigrant’s story of straddling two cultures and the difficult expectations of family and faith versus fitting in. Osamah begins by recounting his youth under Islamic rule in Iran: the mischievous antics that he and his friends would get up to, and the lengths they would go to for a little contact with girls – resulting in hilarious reprimands from the ‘Piety Police’. But the inescapable impacts of war are never far away and Osmah details the trauma his family suffered from the violence in Iran and their desperation to reach safer shores in Australia. Cut to Australia years later where Osamah is pretending to attend university after lying to his family about his final high school results, afraid of the shame it will it cause to learn that their son didn’t make it into medical school. While embroiled in his lie, Osamah meets the girl of his dreams – but as neither of their parents would approve of their relationship, they must carry out their affair in secret... What ensues must be read to be believed, an arranged marriage is escaped; true love is embraced; and an acting career evolves, as Osamah goes on the road staging a show entitled ‘Saddam The Musical’. With a distinct authorial voice, Osamah Sami’s A Good Muslim Boy unfolds and enchants us; both funny and entertaining, we are enlightened, shocked, saddened, made to laugh, and ultimately uplifted in a tale that couldn’t come at a more prescient time.
The Good Muslim
The Good Muslim - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Good Muslim write by Mona Siddiqui. This book was released on 2012-06-11. The Good Muslim available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this thought-provoking book, Mona Siddiqui reflects upon key themes in Islamic law and theology. These themes, which range through discussions about friendship, divorce, drunkenness, love, slavery and ritual slaughter, offer fascinating insights into Islamic ethics and the way in which arguments developed in medieval juristic discourse. Pre-modern religious works contained a richness of thought, hesitation and speculation on a wide range of topics, which were socially relevant but also presented intellectual challenges to the scholars for whom God's revelation could be understood in diverse ways. These subjects remain relevant today, for practising Muslims and scholars of Islamic law and religious studies. Mona Siddiqui is an astute and articulate interpreter who relays complex ideas about the Islamic tradition with great clarity. Her book charts her own journey through the classical texts and reflects upon how the principles expounded there have guided her own thinking, teaching and research.
A Nation of Nations
A Nation of Nations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Nation of Nations write by Tom Gjelten. This book was released on 2016-10-25. A Nation of Nations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The dramatic and compelling story of the transformation of America during the last fifty years, told through a handful of families in one suburban county in Virginia that has been utterly changed by recent immigration. In the fifty years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the foreign-born population of the United States has tripled. Significantly, these immigrants are not coming from Europe, as was the case before 1965, but from all corners of the globe. Today non-European immigration is ninety percent of the total immigration to the US. Americans today are vastly more diverse than ever. They look different, speak different languages, practice different religions, eat different foods, and enjoy different cultures. In 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was ninety percent white, ten percent African-American, with a little more than one hundred families who were 'other.' Currently the African-American percentage of the population is about the same, but the Anglo white population is less than fifty percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. A Nation of Nations follows the lives of a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually 'Americanize.' Hailing from Korea, Bolivia, and Libya, these families have stories that illustrate common immigrant themes: friction between minorities, economic competition and entrepreneurship, and racial and cultural stereotyping. It's been half a century since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act changed the landscape of America, and no book has assessed the impact or importance of this law as this one does, with its brilliant combination of personal stories and larger demographic and political issues."--Publisher information.
How Mohammed Saved Miss Liberty
How Mohammed Saved Miss Liberty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How Mohammed Saved Miss Liberty write by M. S. Holm. This book was released on 2008. How Mohammed Saved Miss Liberty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After 9/11, fourteen-year-old Mohammed Ahmed becomes the object of anti-Muslim taunts and threats. Worse still, his trip to New York City with the Young Engineers Club is cancelled, dashing his boyhood dream to see Miss Liberty. Even when the club's trip is unexpectedly rescheduled, he learns the statue is closed to the public. Breaking all the rules, he makes it to Liberty Island where an extraordinary event occurs--the saving of Miss Liberty. Original.
Becoming Bridges
Becoming Bridges - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Becoming Bridges write by Gary Commins. This book was released on 2007. Becoming Bridges available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pastor of a bilingual, multicultural church for more than a decade, Gary Commins knows that "diversity" is a spiritual exercise that can be as charged with anxiety as it is laced with hope. In Becoming Bridges, Commins lays the groundwork for diversity as an intrinsic part of the life of faith and calls us to become "bridge people" people who are willing to traverse gaps of ignorance and bridge the things that separate us--religion, race, culture, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
