Threading My Prayer Rug Synopsis
I admired how supportive her parents and siblings were.
Threading my prayer rug synopsis. 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. 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 was very enlightening as i learned about the muslum religion. And her transformation from a pakistani muslim to an american muslim.
In 1971 the author the accommodating daughter of a lieutenant colonel arrived in the united states as a 20 year old pakistani planning only to remain in america for two years while her charming charismatic husband khalid finished his medical residency. Beginning with a sweetly funny moving account of her arranged marriage the author undercuts stereotypes and offers the refreshing view of an american life through muslim eyes. Threading my prayer rug is the journey of sabeeha rehman s pursuit to define an american muslim identity for herself her children and now her grandchildren.