from Bookaddict45

If the Oceans Were Ink is a book about a secular woman's quest to learn the truth about Islam through a colleague who later on becomes her friend. This friend happens to be a religious scholar and sheikh. The dynamics of their relationship and methodology of this year long journey to understand m...

from pomo58

If the Oceans Were Ink by Carla Power is an interesting and enlightening look at how two people can have friendly discourse over what could easily be contentious material. I have to make a comment about some reviews I have seen as both a counter and as a warning to those who want to read this bo...

from BookDivasReads

As a Muslim, I'm always a bit wary of reading a book about Islam, Muslims, or the Qur'an that has been written by a non-Muslim. I'm also not a really big reader of memoirs, but IF THE OCEANS WERE INK is a notable exception to both of these rules. Ms. Powers has written about her friendship with S...

from hadden

An interesting book, but a slow read. I had to stop often and think about what I had just read. The author spent a year with a Muslim scholar at an university in England, and had visited his home in India as well. They had numerous conversations about Islam and Muslim society. This is a good addi...

from markon

I found If the oceans were ink: an unlikely friendship and a journey to the heart of the Quran by Carla Power a rich description of the year the author spent studying the Quran and Muslim faith with a conservative Indian sheikh. Power describes herself as a secular feminist with a Jewish and Quak...