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Journey into Europe: Islam, immigration, and identity
By Akbar Ahmed. 2018
Professor of Islamic studies examines the experiences of Muslims in Europe, particularly those in immigrant communities. Discusses the role of…
politics, places Muslim experiences in context with those of Jewish and other communities facing discrimination, and presents lessons learned with policy suggestions for the future. 2018Accretion
By Irfan Ali. 2020
An extraordinary debut set in Toronto, unfurling against the backdrop of an ancient Persian love story. The story of Layla…
and Majnun, made immortal by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi in the 12th century, has been retold thousands of times, in thousands of different ways, throughout literature. Against the backdrop of this story, to the sound-track of modern hip-hop, and amid the struggle of an immigrant family to instill an old faith under new conditions, Irfan Ali's Accretion hurtles towards an unsustainable, "greater madness." Majnun, one of the foundational literary characters who haunt Accretion, is also an Arabic epithet for "possessed." In this tradition, Ali has written a book from the places where the self is no longer the self; places where, in order not to shut down forever, the debris must be cleared, and the soul must inch towards love and hope, "on memory's dusty beams." Accretion is written in a contemporary lyricism that honours ancient poetic traditions. It is a familiar story, imbued with a particularity and honesty that only Irfan Ali could bring to the table. "Irfan Ali delves fearlessly into the beauty and cruelty of a utilitarian city and the chasms between people. The struggle between head and heart binds these poems. In fact, Accretion might be considered a roadmap for finding love in everything--ourselves, family, soul mates, urban life, and faith." --Emily Pohl-Weary, author of Ghost SickMuhammad: prophet of peace amid the clash of empires
By Juan Cole, Juan Ricardo Cole. 2018
Historian presents an analysis of the Middle East in the seventh century, when the prophet Muhammad developed the religion of…
Islam. Discusses the region's warring empires and the emphasis of peace in Muhammad's teachings. 2018Sufism: a new history of Islamic mysticism
By Alexander D. Knysh. 2019
History of the Islamic sect that was defined in its early days by ascetic mysticism. Topics covered include why Sufism…
diverged from the main branch of Islam, divisions over definitions, discourses between major thought leaders, influences from other cultures, Sufism's practices, and its history in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. 2017The Islamic enlightenment: the struggle between faith and reason : 1798 to modern times
By Christopher De Bellaigue. 2017
A journalist examines the political and social reformations that overtook the Islamic world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The…
author discusses the intellectual centers of Cairo, Istanbul, and Tehran, the clash of religion with secular culture, nation-building, and counter reformation. 2017One Islam, many Muslim worlds: spirituality, identity, and resistance across Islamic lands (Religion and global politics)
By Raymond William Baker. 2015
Examination of the varieties of Muslim experience in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Discusses religious, cultural, and political differences, focusing…
on mainstream Muslims. Analyzes the role of historical events in shaping the relationship of the Islamic and Western worlds. 2015A None's story: searching for meaning inside Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, & Islam
By Corinna Nicolaou. 2016
Nicolaou, who was raised without a religious tradition, discusses her experiences exploring Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in the Pacific…
Northwest, California, Texas, and Washington, D. C. Discusses the people she meets, what she learns about various sects, and what it means for her to continue to identify as a "none."2016Magic in Islam
By Michael Muhammad Knight. 2016
An examination of the role of magic in the development and continued practice of Islam. Discusses magic as it is…
defined, practiced, condemned, and defended within various Muslim traditions. Also analyzes magic as a part of organized religion in general. 2016Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the founders
By Denise A. Spellberg. 2013
Recounts Thomas Jefferson's 1765 purchase of a Qur'an, beginning a lifelong interest in Islam despite his personal disdain for it.…
Examines Jefferson's thoughts on Muslims as future citizens of America and their potential role in a country with true religious pluralism. 2013Islamic history: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By Adam J. Silverstein. 2010
Explores Islam's rise and development from the seventh century to the present. Explains how camels, caravans, conquests, and colonialism helped…
spread the new religion; the ways it was shaped by Arabs, Persians, and Turks; and the institutions common to Muslim societies. 2010Islam: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By Malise Ruthven. 2012
Overview of Islam as a faith, political ideology, and cultural identity for one-fifth of the world's population. Topics include the…
Koran; the life of Muhammad; the differences between Sunni, Shia, and Sufi Muslims; Sharia law; the role of women in Islamic life; and jihad. 2012The Koran, a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By Michael Cook. 2000
Examines Muslim scripture sacred to followers of Islam, nearly one-fifth of the world's population. Analyzes strain caused by global culture's…
secular and scientific orientation on commentators' interpretations regarding science, non-Muslims, and women's status. Discusses fundamentalism, translation variations, prayer and recitation rituals, and textual obscurities. Includes notes about Arabic language. 2000Shadows of the workhouse
By Jennifer Worth. 2013
Following Call the Midwife (DB 76915), London midwife Jennifer Worth continues chronicling her time working in the postwar East End.…
This time, she focuses on the stories of people she met who grew up in the harsh workhouses where the poor were given accommodation and employment. PBS series tie-in. 2005Farewell to the East End
By Jennifer Worth. 2013
In this final book of the London midwife's memoir trilogy, she chronicles the last of her work among the East…
End characters--including a patient and her identical twin who share a husband--before Worth's career took her elsewhere. Includes a glossary of obstetric terms. PBS series tie-in. 2005Push back: guilt in the age of natural parenting
By Amy B. Tuteur. 2016
Harvard-trained ob-gyn examines the myths and potential harm of the natural parenting movement, which advocates minimal medical interference, advocates breastfeeding…
for all mothers, and hails attachment parenting. Discusses the movement's history and modern practices and incorporates the author's experiences as a mother and doctor. 2016Prey: immigration, Islam, and the erosion of women's rights
By Ayaan Hirsi Ali. 2021
Ali analyzes the regressive gender politics inherent in Islamic extremism and explains the systemic causes of sexual violence in the…
Muslim world. Taking on the issue of immigration, she exposes the ways Europe is failing to successfully integrate refugees, particularly for gender issuesA journalist recounts the efforts of a small group of librarians and archivists in Mali to rescue thousands of rare…
manuscripts before they fell into the hands of the jihadists attacking the city of Timbuktu. Some strong language. 2016Political scientist explores the world of breastfeeding advocacy. Examines the social history of breastfeeding in America, governmental policy changes--such as…
having breast pumps covered under the Affordable Care Act--and lifestyle companies catering to new mothers. Discusses what motivates otherwise disparate groups to unite over an issue in common. 2015Work. Pump. Repeat: the new mom's survival guide to breastfeeding and going back to work
By Jessica Shortall. 2015
A working mother shares the basics for surviving as both a working and a breastfeeding mother. She provides a guide…
to negotiating a pumping schedule, navigating business travel, and pumping in less-than-ideal locales. She draws on stories from both her own experiences and those of others. 2015