Laughing All the Way to the Mosque: The Misadventures of a Muslim Woman
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ISBN: 0349005931 / Publisher: Virago, May 2016
A brilliantly funny memoir about what it's really like to be Muslim in Western society.
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<p>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? <br><br> Zarqa Nawaz has seen and done it all.<br><br> 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 <i>Little Mosque on the Prairie</i>, a successful TV sitcom about that very (horrified, then proud) community. <br><br> You have to laugh.</p>
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