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MinaretLeila Aboulela's American debut is a provocative, timely, and engaging novel about a young Muslim woman once privileged and secular in her native land and now impoverished in London gradually embracing her orthodox faith. With her Muslim hijab and down turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich families whose houses she cleans in London. Twenty years ago, Najwa, then at university in Khartoum, would never have imagined that
Leila Aboulela's American debut is a provocative, timely, and engaging novel about a young Muslim woman -- once privileged and secular in her native land and now impoverished in London -- gradually embracing her orthodox faith. With her Muslim hijab and down-turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich families whose houses she cleans in London. Twenty years ago, Najwa, then at university in Khartoum, would never have imagined that one day she would be a maid. An upper-class Westernized Sudanese, her dreams were to marry well and raise a family. But a coup forces the young woman and her family into political exile in London. Soon orphaned, she finds solace and companionship within the Muslim community. Then Najwa meets Tamer, the intense, lonely younger brother of her employer. They find a common bond in faith and slowly, silently, begin to fall in love. Written with directness and force, Minaret is a lyric and insightful novel about Islam and an alluring glimpse into a culture Westerners are only just beginning to understand.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Published: 08/19/2005
ISBN: 9780802170149
Pages: 276
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d
Review Citations: Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 67
Booklist 09/01/2005 pg. 57
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2005 pg. 697
Publishers Weekly 07/11/2005 pg. 56
Library Journal 07/01/2005 pg. 63
Library Journal 07/15/2005
School Library Journal 02/01/2006 pg. 157
Multicultural Review 05/01/2006 pg. 53
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 114324 / Minaret
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11
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Color: Black (Trifold)
The trifold is a bit thick, but fits right where my old leather wallet sat. Lots of room for cards and cash.
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8/10 Front Pocket Wallet
Color: Black (Front Pocket)
It's a pleasing solution for me. The slim, pocketed design fits well in my front pocket. It probably fits other pockets well too.
It's not perfect. But, it's solving for an imperfect solution that Apple is takling with their phones. Tap to pay with phones and digital ID will change the market for wallets.
The physical size of cards limits how readily you can access any one card. It takes a bit of extra dexterity to pinch or slide some of the cards out. Ideally you'd have 4 on the outside, with remaining cards tucked in the center pocket. I just need more than 1/4 inch of card face to slide one out readily.
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It’s not a thick wallet, which is what my husband likes. Makes sitting or driving for long periods with it in his back pocket better. Has everything larger wallets have. Will purchase it again.
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