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      By Said, Kurban
       2000., Chatto & Windus Call No: Fic Sai    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: First pub. 1973. Romantic novel of love and adventure and a fascinating insight into the gulf between East & West, the Oriental & the Christian worlds, where they meet at the southern most tip of Russia.
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      By Pal, Mariam S
       2022., Renaissance Press Call No: NEW QWF Bio P153b    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: From biryani to borscht, the food was always fabulous in Canada''s only Polish-Pakistani family. Mariam S. Pal''s memoir, Ballet is not for Muslim Girls, is set in this remarkable Victoria B.C. household in the 60s and 70s. Growing up, Mariam struggled to navigate three cultures: her Pakistani father''s, her Polish-Canadian mother''s and Canada''s, where Mariam was born and raised. Mariam wanted to be a Canadian girl. A "normal" first name would have been a good start. At school they called her Marilyn, Marian - anything but Mariam. Hers was the only house for miles that didn''t hand out Halloween candy or put up Christmas lights. When Mariam came home from Grade 1 bawling because she was the only kid who didn''t have a turkey sandwich the day after Thanksgiving, her parents started a roasting a bird each year. Mariam was determined to be Canadian, fighting hard to attend high school dances or act in a drama class play. Ballet, Brownies forget it. Sleepovers were not allowed. Her martini-loving Muslim father fretted that a bacon and eggs breakfast might be on the menu the morning after. Ballet Is Not For Muslim Girls is an engaging, fascinating account of Mariam''s search for identity and belonging. Though her journey is sometimes painful, it is always thought provoking. Each chapter begins with an evocative and often hilarious photograph from Mariam''s family album. Ballet is not for Muslim Girls raises, with humour and affection, the fundamental issues of integration and cultural adaptation that all immigrants, from Adelaide to Quebec to Yonkers, grapple with. Ballet is not for Muslim Girls'' poignant yet uplifting story will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers, regardless of their origin.
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      By Aboulela, Leila, 1964-
       2020., Black Cat Call No: SC Fic Abo   Edition: First Grove Atlantic edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: When Salma, Moni, and Iman--friends and active members of their local Muslim Women's group--decide to take a road trip together to the Scottish Highlands, they leave behind lives often dominated by obligation, frustrated desire, and dull predictability. Each wants something more out of life, but fears the cost of taking it. Salma is successful and happily married, but tempted to risk it all when she's contacted by her first love back in Egypt; Moni gave up a career in banking to care for her disabled son without the help of her indifferent husband; and Iman, in her twenties and already on her third marriage, longs for the freedom and autonomy she's never known. When the women are visited by the Hoopoe, a sacred bird from Muslim and Celtic literature, they are compelled to question their relationships to faith and femininity, love, loyalty, and sacrifice.
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      By Majumdar, Megha
       2020., Adult, McClelland & Stewart Call No: Fic Maj    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: " For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise--to the middle class, to politcal power, to fame in the movies--and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party, and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely--an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope and humour--has the alibi that can set Jivan free, but it will cost her everything she holds dear. Taut, symphonic, propulsive, and riveting from its opening lines, A Burning has the force of an epic while being so masterfully compressed it can be read in a single sitting. Majumdar writes with dazzling assurance at a breakneck pace on complex themes that read here as the components of a thriller: class, fate, corruption, justice, and what it feels like to face profound obstacles and yet nurture big dreams in a country spinning toward extremism. An extraordinary debut. A novel about fate, power, opportunity, and class; about innocence and guilt, betrayal and love, and the corrosive media cycle that manufactures falsehoods masquerading as truths--A Burning is a debut novel of exceptional power and urgency, haunting and beautiful, brutal, vibrant, impossible to forget."--
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      By Amirrezvani, Anita
       c2012., Adult, Scribner Call No: Fic Ami   Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "Iran in 1576 is a place of wealth and dazzling beauty. But when the Shah dies without having named an heir, the court is thrown into tumult. Princess Pari, the Shah's daughter and protégé, knows more about the inner workings of the state than almost anyone, but the princess's maneuvers to instill order after her father's sudden death incite resentment and dissent. Pari and her closest adviser, Javaher, a eunuch able to navigate the harem as well as the world beyond the palace walls, are in possession of an incredible tapestry of secrets and information that reveals a power struggle of epic proportions."-- Dust jacket.
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      By Shepard, Sadia
       2009., Penguin Call No: Bio S547g    Availability:0 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: In this beautifully crafted memoir, a young Muslim-Christian woman travels to an insular Jewish community in India to unlock her family's secret history.
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      By Benembarek, Sheima
       2023., Adult, Viking Call No: NEW QWF 306.7088 B456h    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: This glimpse into the sex lives of seven Muslim women across North America brings a hushed conversation out into the open. Sheima Benembarek's parents never gave her the "the talk." When she left Morocco to go to university in Montreal, she was completely unprepared to navigate an open and active sex life outside of marriage, considered haram within the Muslim world. Now, many years later, she's all too aware of how common this is among immigrants and the children of immigrants living on a more sexually liberated continent. She set out to eliminate the taboo, interviewing Muslims from of a variety of locations, ethnicities, Islamic sects, and socioeconomic backgrounds about a host of topics, from masturbation and hymens to sex work and BDSM. Halal Sex is the culmination of these conversations, distilled into seven stories. Among the subjects are Hind, a niqabi in a polygynous marriage; Azar, a non-binary trans Sufi; Taslim, a virgin in her forties struggling to erect healthy boundaries with her family; and Eman, a lesbian stand-up comic in an interfaith marriage. Benembarek reveals a tapestry of diverse Islam and of individuals forging a path forward, each in their own way: overcoming shame, filling in educational gaps, balancing familial pressures, pushing back against sexism and patriarchy, and--ultimately--prioritizing their own happiness and pleasure.
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      By Rodriguez, Deborah
       c2007., Random House Call No: 305.48 R696r    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a humanitarian aid group. Surrounded by people whose skills--as doctors, nurses, and therapists--seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she found she had a gift for befriending Afghans, and once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners desperate for a good haircut and by Afghan women, who have a long and proud tradition of running their own beauty salons. Thus the idea for the Kabul Beauty School was born. Within that small haven, the line between teacher and student quickly blurred as these vibrant women shared with Rodriguez their stories and their hearts, ultimately giving her the strength to leave her own unhealthy marriage and allow herself to love again, Afghan style.--From publisher description.
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      By Nawaz, Zarqa
       2014., Adult, HarperCollins Canada Call No: Bio N238l   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "Zarqa Nawaz has always straddled two cultures. She's just as likely to be agonizing over which sparkly earrings will 'pimp out' her hijab as to be flirting with the Walmart meat manager in a futile attempt to secure halal chicken the day before Eid. Little Mosque on the Prairie brought Zarqa's own laugh-out-loud take on her everyday culture clash to viewers around the world. Now she tells the sometimes absurd, sometimes challenging, always funny stories of being Zarqa in a western society. From explaining to the plumber why the toilet must be within sitting arm's reach of the water tap (hint: it involves a watering can and a Muslim obsession with cleanliness 'down there') to urging the electrician to place an eye-height electrical socket for her father-in-law's epilepsy-inducing light-up picture of the Kaaba, Zarqa paints a hilarious portrait of growing up in a household where, according to her father, the Quran says it's okay to eat at McDonald's -- but only if you order the McFish. Zarqa Nawaz created Little Mosque on the Prairie, which premiered on the CBC in 2007. It ran for six seasons, was watched in over sixty countries. She lives in Regina with her family"--Provided by publisher.
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      By Mazigh, Monia
       2011., Adult, Éditions L'Interligne Call No: QWF FR Fic Maz    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Il y a des romans dont la fibre même, ou l'écriture, est une clé magique qui ouvre comme un sésame sur un monde de mystères qui font peur et que l'on n'ose pas approcher parce que les vérités qu'ils recèlent sont invisibles à cause de nos préjugés de Nord-Américains. Je parle ici du roman de Monia Mazigh qui met en scène des femmes immigrantes venues d'Afrique du Nord, du Moyen-Orient et d'Asie avec leur culture, leurs espoirs, leurs différences et surtout leur religion musulmane. Ce sont des mères gardiennes des us et coutumes, maîtresses des secrets de l'Orient qui souhaitent pour leurs filles une émancipation dans le respect des valeurs de l'islam, mais en faisant aussi leurs, la modernité de l'Occident et toutes ses opportunités de bonheur. Ce sont des filles qui étudient à l'Université, spontanées, ouvertes d'esprit, qui se questionnent sur la façon de vivre leur foi dans cet Ottawa des tentations. De prime abord, les relations sont tendues entre les générations, la sacrifiée qui vit par procuration et la dépositaire d'un héritage fait de croyances et de découvertes qui remet tout en question. Il est difficile pour ces femmes de s'adapter, mais elles trouvent des complices et des amies. Leur vie leur semble alors moins cloisonnée et la lumière naît de ces échanges. Leurs destinées s'entrecroisent multipliant à l'infini les facettes de l'immigrante musulmane. Elle n'est plus seulement un voile, un niqab ou un accent qui chante, mais elle devient, sous la plume d'expérience de Monia Mazigh, un être humain doué de sensibilité et de majesté.
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      By Mazigh, Monia
       2014., Adult, Arachnide Call No: QWF Fic Maz    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: An intricately woven, deftly told story that follows the lives of women and their daughters. They are immigrant mothers - Emma, Samia, and Fauzia - guardians of tradition who want their daughters to enjoy freedom in Western society. They are daughters - Lama, Sally, and Louise, a young woman who converted to Islam for love - university students who are clever and computer savvy. They decide for themselves whether or not to wear a veil, or niqab. Gradually, these women cross paths, and, without losing their authenticity, they become friends and rivals, mirrors and mirages of each other.