Standing alone in Mecca : An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam (Record no. 5375)
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| fixed length control field | 02153nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0060571446 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 297.352092 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Nomani, Asra Q. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Standing alone in Mecca : An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam |
| Statement of responsibility | Asra Q. Nomani |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Name of publisher | HarperSanFrancisco |
| Year of publication | 2005 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi,306 Pages |
| Other physical details | 24x16 cm |
| Accompanying material | HB |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Map and Appendix |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | As President Bush is preparing to invade Iraq, Wall Street Journal correspondent Asra Nomani embarks on a dangerous journey from Middle America to the Middle East to join more than two million fellow Muslims on the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca required of all Muslims once in their lifetime. Mecca is Islam's most sacred city and strictly off limits to non-Muslims. On a journey perilous enough for any American reporter, Nomani is determined to take along her infant son, Shibli---living proof that she, an unmarried Muslim woman, is guilty of zina, or "illegal sex." If she is found out, the puritanical Islamic law of the Wahabbis in Saudi Arabia may mete out terrifying punishment. But Nomani discovers she is not alone. She is following in the four-thousand-year-old footsteps of another single mother, Hajar (known in the West as Hagar), the original pilgrim to Mecca and mother of the Islamic nation. Nomani shows how many of the freedoms enjoyed centuries ago have been erased by the conservative version of Islam practiced today, giving the West a false image of Muslim women as veiled and isolated from the world. Standing Alone in Mecca is a personal narrative, relating the modern-day lives of the author and other Muslim women to the lives of those who came before, bringing the changing face of women in Islam into focus through the unique lens of the hajj. Interweaving reportage, political analysis, cultural history, and spiritual travelogue, this is a modern woman's jihad, offering for Westerners a look inside the heart of Islam and the emerging role of Muslim women |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages |
| -- | Women in Islam |
| -- | Women's rights--Religious aspects--Islam |
| -- | Saudi Arabia--Mecca |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2016-12-21 | MSL | 1125.00 | 297.352092 N799S 2005 | 15254 | Books |