A Muslim on the bridge
Subtitle: on being an Iraqi-Arab Muslim in the twenty-first century
By: by Ali Shakir
Publisher: Signal 8 Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9789881554291
Subjects: Muslims; Biography; Islam; Islam and culture
Description: "This book is a ... collection of sensitive musings weaving personal experiences in a diary/narrative form"--Unnumbered page 3.

"A story of transformation and reflection as the author thoughtfully but pointedly deconstructs the widespread misconceptions about Islam"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-293).
Table of contents: title: Hues and shades; title: Confessions at the peace table; title: Living under the sniper's gaze; title: "You are divorced!"; title: On being different; title: The patriarch's conversion; title: Golden domes, secret prisons, and sticky sweets; title: Try a free sample of religion!; title: No halal bacon on board; title: Into the garden; title: What's under the garment of piety?; title: An unfavorable yoke; title: Hadith.