☰

Biographies & Memoirs

My War at Home

Not Available / Digital Item

Please be aware orders placed now will not arrive in time for Christmas, please check delivery times.

My War at Home

Born in Kandahar in 1978, Sultan fled to the United States at age five with her family. Raised in Brooklyn and Flushing, Queens, Sultan saw her life change when she was married by arrangement at the young age of seventeen to a virtual stranger fourteen years her senior -- a marriage she struggled to maintain and then hastily fought, eventually (after three years) being granted a divorce. This very divorce would become one of the first in her close-knit Afgan community, where the subject is considered rare and taboo.

Sultan went on to graduate from college summa cum laude with a degree in economics, and in July 2001, she returned to Kandahar, to explore her family roots and find herself. There she met her relatives and surveyed the conservative provincial town where she was born. on return visit to afganistan, she discovered the tragic death of her relatives at the hands of American troops and began to seek answers.

My War at Home is her memoir of self-discovery, family tradition, and life as a Muslim and feminist with political ideals. It speaks to the younger generation of Muslims in America as they struggle to resolve the ever-present inner conflict about what it means to be an American and a Muslim, while also examining the Muslim-American identity at both personal and political levels.

Country	USA
Author	Masuda Sultan
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Original ed.
EISBN	9781416523055
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Washington Square Press
Manufacturer	Washington Square Press
NumberOfPages	274
PublicationDate	2006-02-28
Publisher	Washington Square Press
ReleaseDate	2006-02-28
Studio	Washington Square Press

You might also like...

Finding Nouf: A Novel

Finding Nouf: A Novel

The Craft of Revision, Anniversary Edition

The Craft of Revision, Anniversary Edition