Living Islam out loud : American Muslim women speak

Summary: The first collection of writing from American Muslim women under the age of forty includes essays on a wide variety of topics, including the hijab, sex, activism, spirituality, relationships, and much more.

Record details

ISBN: 9780807083833
ISBN: 0807083836
Physical Description: 209 pages ; 22 cm
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Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, 2005.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

How I met God / Samina Ali -- To be young, gifted, black, American, Muslim, and woman / Precious Rasheeda Muhammad -- Remembering love / Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil -- My own worst enemy / Manal Omar -- Marrying a believer / Asia Sharif-Clark -- Finding home / Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil -- Fumbling toward ecstasy / Yousra Y. Fazili -- On the edge of belonging / Khalida Saed -- A day in the life / Su'ad Abdul-Khabeer -- Hijra from Harlem / Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard -- The Muslim in the mirror / Mohja Kahf -- Being the leader I want to see in the world / Asra Q. Nomani -- An Islamic bill of rights for women in mosques -- An Islamic bill of rights for women in the bedroom -- A meditation on the clearing / Sarah Eltantawi -- A siren song / Aroosha Zoq Rana -- Blessed divine woman / Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil -- My son the mystic / Inas Younis -- My sister's prayer / Suheir Hammad.