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Debut memoir. Winner of the Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction. Heir to the Crescent Moon tells the story of the daughter of two Black Power-era converts to Islam growing up in the shadow of that movement and grasping for connection to the faith despite her parents’ separation from both it and each other.
Passengers Journal. Volume 5, Issue 4.
Ramadan approaches with a sense of purpose, yet one of dread. We know that each day for thirty days, we must function for hours on an empty stomach...
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