Laughing All the Way to the Mosque: The Misadventures of a Muslim Woman

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Virago Press (UK)
Published: 05/17/2016
ISBN: 9780349005935
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/14/2016
Shelf Awareness 05/13/2016