Threading My Prayer Rug By Sabeeha Rehman

For the april book club the merrimack valley chapter read threading my prayer rug.

Threading my prayer rug by sabeeha rehman. Oct 3 2016 my muslim new year prayer oct 3 2016 september 2016 sep 19 2016 post hajj. I am an author blogger interfaith speaker and excited about my memoir now in paperback 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. 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.

Sabeeha rehman an author blogger and speaker on the american muslim experience is the author of threading my prayer rug an account of growing up in pakistan her rushed arranged marriage to a pakistani doctor and their lives together raising a muslim family in new york city. Threading my prayer rug is a warm wise and wonderful book. Threading my prayer rug is a richly textured reflection on what it is to be a muslim in america today. One woman s journey from pakistani muslim to american muslim.

Read more about threading my prayer rug from the publisher. She discusses what that experience revealed about american society. Threading my prayer rug was very enlightening as i learned about the muslum religion. Sabeeha rehman handled her challenge as a new citizen in new york with determination to make a positive difference for herself her husband and her family and also others new to the country.

One woman s journey from pakistani muslim to american muslim by sabeeha rehman. I am delighted that it was short listed for the 2018 william saroyan international prize for writing. So what s the point of it sep 19 2016.