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Author	Power, Carla.
Title	If the oceans were ink : an unlikely friendship and a journey to the heart of the Quran / Carla Power.
Publication Info.	New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 2	297 P	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First edition.
Description	x, 336 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index.
Contents	Introduction: A map for the journey -- Part one. 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 -- Part two. The home. Pioneer life in Oxford ; Nine thousand hidden women ; "The little rosy one" ; Veiling and unveiling ; Reading "The women" -- Part 3. The world. A pilgrim's progress ; Jesus, Mary, and the Quran ; Beyond politics ; The pharaoh and his wife ; War stories ; The last lesson -- Conclusion: Everlasting return.
Subject	Power, Carla.
	Nadwī, Muḥammad Akram.
	Islam -- Appreciation.
	Islam -- Essence, genius, nature.
	Islamophobia.
	Islam -- Public opinion.
Added Title	Unlikely friendship and a journey to the heart of the Quran
ISBN	9780805098198 (paperback)
	0805098194 (paperback)
	9780805098242 (ebook)

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