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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 55 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Kamran R. Khan. |
| Summary |
Haroon Moghul was thrust into the spotlight after 9/11, becoming an undergraduate leader at New York University's Islamic Center forced into appearances everywhere: on TV, before interfaith audiences, in print. Moghul was becoming a prominent voice for American Muslims even as he struggled with his relationship to Islam. In high school he was barely a believer and entirely convinced he was going to hell. He sometimes drank. He didn't pray regularly. All he wanted was a girlfriend. But as he discovered, it wasn't so easy to leave religion behind. To be true to himself, he needed to forge a unique American Muslim identity that reflected his beliefs and personality. How to Be a Muslim reveals a young man coping with the crushing pressure of a world that fears Muslims, struggling with his faith and searching for intellectual forebears, and suffering the onset of bipolar disorder. This is the story of the second-generation immigrant, of what it's like to lose yourself between cultures and how to pick up the piece |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Moghul, Haroon.
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Muslims -- United States -- Biography.
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Islam -- Essence, genius, nature.
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Identification (Religion)
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Pakistani Americans -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Khan, Kamran R.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781666593624 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666593621 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT15096011 |
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