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037 _bHenry Holt & Co, C/O Mps 175 5th Ave, New York, NY, USA, 10010
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090 _aBP80.P69
_bA3 2015
090 _aBP80.P69
_bA3 2015
100 1 _aPower, Carla,
_eauthor.
_943624
245 1 0 _aIf the oceans were ink :
_ban unlikely friendship and a journey to the heart of the Qurʼan /
_cCarla Power.
250 _aFirst edition.
300 _ax, 336 pages ;
_c21 cm.
490 1 _aA Holt paperback
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index.
505 0 0 _tIntroduction: A map for the journey --
_gPart one.
_tThe origins.
_tThe Quran in twenty-five words ;
_tAn American in the East ;
_tA Muslim in the West ;
_tRoad trip to the Indian madrasa ;
_tA migrant's prayer mat --
_gPart two.
_tThe home.
_tPioneer life in Oxford ;
_tNine thousand hidden women ;
_t"The little rosy one" ;
_tVeiling and unveiling ;
_tReading "The women" --
_gPart 3.
_tThe world.
_tA pilgrim's progress ;
_tJesus, Mary, and the Quran ;
_tBeyond politics ;
_tThe pharaoh and his wife ;
_tWar stories ;
_tThe last lesson --
_gConclusion: Everlasting return.
520 _a"If the Oceans Were Ink is Carla Power's story of how she and her longtime friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities. Their friendship -- between a secular American and a madrasa-trained sheikh -- had always seemed unlikely, but now they were frustrated and bewildered by the battles being fought in their names. Both knew that a close look at the Quran would reveal a faith that preached peace and not mass murder; respect for women and not oppression. And so they embarked on a yearlong journey through the controversial text. A journalist who grew up in the Midwest and the Middle East, Power offers her unique vantage point on the Quran's most provocative verses as she debates with Akram at cafes, family gatherings, and packed lecture halls, conversations filled with both good humor and powerful insights. Their story takes them to madrasas in India and pilgrimage sites in Mecca, as they encounter politicians and jihadis, feminist activists and conservative scholars. Armed with a new understanding of each other's worldviews, Power and Akram offer eye-opening perspectives, destroy long-held myths, and reveal startling connections between worlds that have seemed hopelessly divided for far too long."--Publisher's description.
600 1 0 _aPower, Carla.
_943624
600 1 0 _aNadwī, Muḥammad Akram.
_943625
650 0 _aMuslim converts
_vBiography.
_943626
650 0 _aIslam
_xAppreciation.
_943627
650 0 _aIslam
_xEssence, genius, nature.
_921555
650 0 _aIslamophobia.
_943628
650 0 _aIslam
_xPublic opinion.
_943629
655 7 _aAutobiographies.
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830 0 _aHolt paperback.
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