Sumbul Ali-Karamali is the perfect person to give young people an educated yet personal view of growing up an American Muslim. She defies the stereotype of a typical Muslim woman and represents what the majority of Muslim women actually are, intelligent, educated, articulate and independent.
Despite growing up as a Muslim child in America who didn’t date, dressed modestly and followed her families religious believes, she certainly doesn’t seem to be oppressed or abused as many people would like to portray Muslim Girls.
In fact, Sumbul Ali-Karamali appears to be a woman with intimate and vast knowledge of her culture and her religion and she very much seems to embrace it wholeheartedly. She certainly knows more about her religious history, backgrounds and ancestors than any devote Christian woman I know. (Not to put down my fellow lovely Christian sisters of course)
She’s already authored one award winning book, “The Muslim Next Door: the Qu’ran, the media, and That Veil Thing. She holds a BA from Standford, a JD from UC Davis and a Graduate Degree in Islamic Law.
Despite her vast education, she manages to bring her language and her writing down to an accessible level for age groups as young as 10. Although I would say that this book is more likely to interest pre-teens, teenagers and young adults. I myself, as a not-so young adult found it incredibly interesting. I learned a lot from it and would definitely recommend it to my kids.
Growing Up Muslim breaks down everything about being a Muslim American, from the food, to the dress, to the culture to the beliefs. It also dispels a lot of terrible rumors and false beliefs about Muslims.
I would say it would be of great interest to homeschoolers doing religious studies units, cultural units or sociological units as it’s not just about a religion but includes history and lifestyle also.
Sumbul Ali-Karamali writes with grace and style is it’s a pleasure to read her book on what Muslim American’s and Muslims all over the world are really all about.
Pre-Order Here!
Expected Publication Date: August 2012
Despite growing up as a Muslim child in America who didn’t date, dressed modestly and followed her families religious believes, she certainly doesn’t seem to be oppressed or abused as many people would like to portray Muslim Girls.
In fact, Sumbul Ali-Karamali appears to be a woman with intimate and vast knowledge of her culture and her religion and she very much seems to embrace it wholeheartedly. She certainly knows more about her religious history, backgrounds and ancestors than any devote Christian woman I know. (Not to put down my fellow lovely Christian sisters of course)
She’s already authored one award winning book, “The Muslim Next Door: the Qu’ran, the media, and That Veil Thing. She holds a BA from Standford, a JD from UC Davis and a Graduate Degree in Islamic Law.
Despite her vast education, she manages to bring her language and her writing down to an accessible level for age groups as young as 10. Although I would say that this book is more likely to interest pre-teens, teenagers and young adults. I myself, as a not-so young adult found it incredibly interesting. I learned a lot from it and would definitely recommend it to my kids.
Growing Up Muslim breaks down everything about being a Muslim American, from the food, to the dress, to the culture to the beliefs. It also dispels a lot of terrible rumors and false beliefs about Muslims.
I would say it would be of great interest to homeschoolers doing religious studies units, cultural units or sociological units as it’s not just about a religion but includes history and lifestyle also.
Sumbul Ali-Karamali writes with grace and style is it’s a pleasure to read her book on what Muslim American’s and Muslims all over the world are really all about.
Pre-Order Here!
Expected Publication Date: August 2012
0 comments:
Post a Comment