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The Butterfly Mosque - by G Willow Wilson (Paperback)

The Butterfly Mosque - by  G Willow Wilson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Inspired by her experience during a college Islamic Studies course, Wilson, who was raised an atheist, decides to risk everything to convert to Islam and embark on a fated journey across continents and into an uncertain future. She settles in Cairo, where she attempts to submerge herself in a culture based on her adopted religion and where she meets Omar, a man with a mild resentment of the Western influences in his homeland. They begin a daring relationship that calls into question the very nature of family, belief, and tradition. Torn between the secular West and Muslim East, Wilson records her intensely personal struggle to forge a "third culture" that might accommodate her values without compromising them or the friends and family on both sides of the divide."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>The Butterfly Mosque</i>, journalist G. Willow Wilson's remarkable story of converting to Islam and falling in love with an Egyptian man in a volatile post-9/11 world, was praised as "an eye-opening look at a misunderstood and often polarizing faith" (<i>Booklist</i>) and "a tremendously heartfelt, healing crosscultural fusion" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>). <p/>Inspired by her experience during a college Islamic Studies course, Wilson, who was raised an atheist, decides to risk everything to convert to Islam and embark on a fated journey across continents and into an uncertain future. She settles in Cairo, where she attempts to submerge herself in a culture based on her adopted religion and where she meets Omar, a man with a mild resentment of the Western influences in his homeland. They begin a daring relationship that calls into question the very nature of family, belief, and tradition. Torn between the secular West and Muslim East, Wilson records her intensely personal struggle to forge a "third culture" that might accommodate her values without compromising them or the friends and family on both sides of the divide.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>--A <i>Seattle Times</i> Best Book of the Year<br></b><br>"<i>The Butterfly Mosque</i> is replete with insights into faith, family, cross-cultural courtship and the inevitable 'clash of cultures, ' making it an absorbing read. . . . Wilson's memoir offers the reader valuable insights into the Islamic faith. . . . A remarkable journey, one that illuminates the humanity in us all."--<i>The Seattle Times</i> <p/>"Captivating . . . [An] excellent memoir . . . [that] deserves attention; not just for the clarity of [Wilson's] style and her shrewd observations, but for her sincerity and courage in following her own truth."--<i>The Globe and Mail</i> <p/>"Eloquent . . . A life-altering adventure in love, faith, and surrender . . . [Wilson] wins the reader over with her courage, her keen intelligence, her insatiable hunger for truth, and her fine writing. It is riveting to watch a liberal, fiercely independent young American transform into a Muslim and an Egyptian daughter-in-law. . . . Much more than a coming-of-age story, Wilson's memoir explores expatriates and anti-Westernism, economics and fundamentalism, Egyptian culture and feminism . . . [and] builds a bridge between the East and the West through her writing."--<i>Charlotte Observer</i> <p/>"Wilson's book, particularly in these treacherous times of mistrust and paranoia, is a masterpiece of elegance and determination. . . . Wilson has written one of the most beautiful and believable narratives about finding closeness with God that makes even the most secular reader wince with pleasure for her. . . . A natural-born storyteller."--<i>The Denver Post</i> <p/>"Wilson skillfully conveys the terms of complex sociological discord. . . . Her careful examination and forthright wit make her an ideal ambassador to those who haven't . . . separated [Islam] from its attendant terrorist factions and stereotypes. . . . Wilson has the objective sensitivity to understand the attitudes and arguments facing her; she's multicultural, eloquent and humbly persuasive. And even better, she knows how to tell a great story."--<i>Paste Magazine </i> <p/>"Wilson's illuminating memoir offers keen insights into Islamic culture. . . . An eye-opening look at a misunderstood and often polarizing faith, Wilson's memoir is bound to spark discussion."--<i>Booklist</i> (starred review) <p/>"More than one skeptical reader was thoroughly won over by [Wilson's] lack of preachiness or self-righteousness."--<i>Elle </i>(Readers' Prize) <p/>"A gorgeously written memoir about what it means to be human in a fractured world, told with warmth and wit to spare. The Butterfly Mosque is a book that will stay with you for years."--Reza Aslan, author of <i>No god but God and How to Win a Cosmic War</i> <p/>"Satisfying and lyrical . . . [<i>The Butterfly Mosque</i>] proves a tremendously heartfelt, healing cross-cultural fusion."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>"[An] honest and uplifting memoir . . . [that] embraces--not demonizes--both Muslims and the West as critical foundations for [Wilson's] spiritual journey."--The Huffington Post <p/>"Thoughtful . . . Wilson's gorgeously written, deeply felt memoir is more than a plea for understanding. It's also a love story and an exploration of life in a culture far removed from ours. . . . [<i>The Butterfly Mosque</i>] pulls aside the veil on a world many Americans judge based on thin, sometimes ugly, media stereotypes. Wilson's sincere love for her faith blooms on almost every page [and] that heartfelt desire to know The Other infuses the book with soul."--<i>Boulder Daily Camera</i> <p/>"Memoirs like Wilson's continue to be an important counterpoint to the tales of Mideast belligerence that fill the nightly news."--<i>Winnipeg Free Press</i><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>G. Willow Wilson was born in New Jersey in 1982 and raised in Colorado. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed comics <i>Air</i> and<i> Vixen</i>. She divides her time between Cairo and Seattle. <p/>Visit Willow's website at gwillowwilson.com<br>

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