Threading My Prayer Rug Book

Rehman sought out jewish neighbors another minority religion for advice on raising her muslim sons.

Threading my prayer rug book. Threading my prayer rug is a warm wise and wonderful book. Ultimately threading my prayer rug reminded me of the importance of learning from each other. Threading my prayer rug is a richly textured reflection on what it is to be a muslim in america today. As an orthodox rabbi working to strengthen cooperation between jews and muslims i was moved by her.

I am an author blogger interfaith speaker and excited about my memoir now in paperback threading my prayer rug. 2016 etc begins with a life changing event. Emblematically arranged into three sections caged keys freedom the narrative offers. One woman s journey from pakistani muslim to american muslim.

Sabeeha reman describes her life from the time of her arranged marriage in pakistan. It is also the luminous story of many journeys. As an orthodox rabbi working to strengthen cooperation between jews and muslims i was moved by her. M lim threading my prayer rug is a very engaging and honest autobiography by a new author.

Threading my prayer rug is a warm wise and wonderful book. She started an inter faith book club to learn from different perspectives. I am delighted that it was short listed for the 2018 william saroyan international prize for writing. Arcade publishing ny 2016.

One woman s journey from pakistani muslim to american muslim by sabeeha rehman. Four years ago she writes married to the father of my three children i fell in love with a woman that woman abby wambach would become her wife. Threading my prayer rug. Rehman writes in a wry and often humorous style that is understanding of human foibles yet gently pushes readers of all backgrounds to become fuller and more engaged human beings.

One woman s journey from pakistan muslim to american muslim. From pakistan to the united states in an arranged marriage that becomes a love match lasting 40 years. The book is about sabeeha s story of having an arranged marriage and then emigrating from pakistan to america. From secular muslim in an islamic society to devout muslim in a society ignorant of islam.

Threading my prayer rug. It received honorable mention spiritual by the san francisco book festival awards 2017.