{"product_id":"the-girl-in-the-tangerine-scarf-paperback","title":"The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMojha Kahf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSyrian 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 care to stay away from Indiana, where the murder of her friend Tayiba's sister by Klan violence years before still haunts her. But when her job sends her to cover a national Islamic conference in Indianapolis, she's back on familiar ground: Attending a concert by her brother's interfaith band The Clash of Civilizations, dodging questions from the aunties and uncles, and running into the recently divorced Hakim everywhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beautifully written and featuring an exuberant cast of characters, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Tangerine Scarf\u003c\/i\u003e charts the spiritual and social landscape of Muslims in middle America, from five daily prayers to the Indy 500 car race. It is a riveting debut from an important new voice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Damascus, Syria, \u003cb\u003eMohja Kahf\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eWestern Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Texas Press, 1999). She is also the author of a book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eE-mails from Sheherazad\u003c\/i\u003e (University Press of Florida 2003). Kahf is a member of the national group RAWI (Radius of Arab American Writers).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44818149900390,"sku":"9780786715190","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ajBSdHlDU1VhcjVHd0dUeE13TUtudz09.webp?v=1771912518","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-girl-in-the-tangerine-scarf-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}