Contents

Introduction

PART I
A PROBLEM FAMILY

  1. My Father

  2. My Half Sister

  3. My Mother

  4. My Brother’s Story

  5. My Brother’s Son

  6. My Cousins

  7. Letter to My Grandmother

PART II
NOMAD AGAIN

  8. Nomad Again

  9. America

10. Islam in America

PART III
SEX, MONEY VIOLENCE

11. School and Sexuality

12. Money and Responsibility

13. Violence and the Closing of the Muslim Mind

PART IV
REMEDIES

14. Opening the Muslim Mind: An Enlightenment Project

15. Dishonor, Death, and Feminists

16. Seeking God but Finding Allah

      Conclusion: The Miyé and the Magaalo

      Epilogue: Letter to My Unborn Daughter

      The AHA Foundation