Laughing All the Way to the Mosque

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Laughing All the Way to the Mosque

Wydawnictwo: virago

ISBN: 978-03-4900-593-5

ISBN bez myślników: 9780349005935

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 1

Data wydania: 2015-02-05

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

Laughing All the Way to the Mosque

Wydawnictwo: virago

ISBN: 978-03-4900-594-2

ISBN bez myślników: 9780349005942

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 1

Data wydania: 2015-02-05

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

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Laughing All the Way to the Mosque

Zarqa Nawaz

Pierwsze wydanie: 2015-02-05

Being a practicing Muslim in the West is sometimes challenging, sometimes rewarding and sometimes downright absurd. How do you explain why Eid never falls on the same date each year; why it is that Halal butchers also sell teapots and alarm clocks; how do you make clear to the plumber that it's essential the toilet is installed within sitting-arm's reach of the tap? Zarqa Nawaz has seen and done it all. And it's not always easy to get things right with the community either: Zarqa tells of being asked to leave the DBW (Dead Body Washing) committee after making unsuitable remarks; of undertaking the momentous trip to Mecca with her husband, without the children, thinking (most incorrectly) that it will also be a nice time to have uninterrupted sex; of doing the unthinkable, and creating Little Mosque on the Prairie, a successful TV sitcom about that very (horrified, then proud) community. You have to laugh.