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If the oceans were ink : an unlikely friendship and a journey to the heart of the Quran

Power, Carla (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780805098198 (paperback)
ISBN: 0805098194 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
x, 336 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-322) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A map for the journey -- The origins. The Quran in twenty-five words ; An American in the East ; A Muslim in the West ; Road trip to the Indian madrasa ; A migrant's prayer mat -- The home. Pioneer life in Oxford ; Nine-thousand hidden women ; The little rosy one" ; Veiling and unveiling ; Reading "The women" -- The world. A pilgrim's progress ; Jesus, Mary, and the Quran ; Beyond politics ; The pharaoh and his wife ; War stories ; The last lesson -- Everlasting return.