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LEADER: 01679cam a2200361 i 4500
001 2014017543
003 DLC
005 20150529083712.0
008 141001s2015 nyu b 001 0aeng
010 $a 2014017543
020 $a9780805098198 (pbk.)
020 $z9780805098242 (ebk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae------
050 00 $aBP80.P69$bP695 2015
082 00 $a297.092$aB$223
100 1 $aPower, Carla,$eauthor.
245 10 $aIf the oceans were ink :$ban unlikely friendship and a journey to the heart of the Qurʼan /$cCarla Power.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bHenry Holt and Company,$c2015.
300 $ax, 336 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: a map for the journey -- The origins -- The Qurʼan 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 Qurʼan -- Beyond politics -- The pharaoh and his wife -- War stories -- The last lesson -- Conclusion: everlasting return -- Author's note -- Glossary.
600 10 $aPower, Carla.
650 0 $aMuslim converts$vBiography.
650 0 $aIslam$xAppreciation.
650 0 $aIslam$xEssence, genius, nature.
650 0 $aIslamophobia$zEurope.
650 0 $aIslam$xPublic opinion.