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Heir to the Crescent Moon /

"From age five, Sufiya Abdur-Rahman, the daughter of two Black Power-era converts to Islam, feels drawn to the faith even as her father, a devoted Muslim, introduces her to and, at the same time, distances her from it. He and her mother abandoned their Harlem mosque before she was born and divo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Abdur-Rahman, Sufiya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: My father
  • The opening
  • My sister's keeper
  • Mercy (Ali vs. Liston)
  • Black Muslim ways
  • Allah's viceroy
  • Seasons change
  • Found in translation
  • Snapping
  • The distance between us
  • Made whole
  • Breathe again
  • Surrender at the cinema
  • The all American
  • The awakening (mood blue)
  • Black revolutionary
  • Malcolm X resurrects
  • Becoming Muslim
  • The A, B, Cs
  • Facing destiny
  • My father said so
  • Long-distance mentality
  • Club for believers
  • Thanksgiving
  • America, the beautiful
  • Muslim, or not?
  • Her own way
  • Better Muslim than I
  • Making waves
  • Islamic sensibility
  • What's in a name?
  • The stars align
  • Meant to be
  • No turning back
  • Dumb
  • The spirit of Allah
  • My burden
  • Darkness on the horizon
  • We wouldn't be here
  • The search for truth
  • Being Black and Muslim
  • Revelation
  • My fault
  • All that was left
  • Wishing him well
  • History holds power
  • Epilogue: My son.