The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf : A Novel (Paperback)

from Miela

This book is one of my favorite novels that I discovered in the past year and a half. Khadra, a 30-something photographer returns to Indianapolis, where she spent the majority of her childhood. During her journey, she confronts her past, including prejudice against the local Muslim community.

from TomMcGreevy

A rather amazing book. A novel that reads like lived experience. A young woman's life and times as a muslim american growing up in Indiana. At one time or another she was foreign to everything about her, family and society, but her experiences as an outsider allowed her to grow and make her own p...

from auntieknickers

Published as a novel, this reads more like a memoir or the "new journalism," but it does give a good picture of the life of a Syrian Muslim immigrant girl growing up in Indianapolis in the 1970s and 80s. It was our "Parish Read" for this year, part of a Windows on Islam program.

from wagner.sarah35

A timely story (especially considering the current debate over Middle Eastern refugees) about a Syrian family living on the outskirts of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Islamic faith is vital to the Shamy family and much of this novel explores the daughter Khadra's experience growing up as an Islamic ...

from Miela

This book is one of my favorite novels that I discovered in the past year and a half. Khadra, a 30-something photographer returns to Indianapolis, where she spent the majority of her childhood. During her journey, she confronts her past, including prejudice against the local Muslim community.