Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the

Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West
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An eye-opening personal account of an epic human drama, Embracing the Infidel takes us on an astounding journey along a modern-day underground railroad that stretches from Istanbul to Paris.Â In this groundbreaking book, Iranian-American Behzad Yaghmaian has done what no other writer has managed to doâ€“as he enters the world of Muslim migrants and tells their extraordinary stories of hope for a new life in the West.
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In a tent city in Greece, they huddle together. Men and women from Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iran, and other countries. Most have survived war and brutal imprisonment, political and social persecution. Some have faced each other in battle, and all share a powerful desire for freedom. Behzad Yaghmaian lived among them, listened to their hopes, dreams, and fearsâ€“and now he weaves together dozens of their stories of yearning, persecution, and unwavering faith. We meet Uncle Suleiman, an Iraqi veteran of the Iran-Iraq war; once imprisoned by Saddam Hussein, he is now a respected elder of a ramshackle tent city in Athens, offering comfort and community to his fellow travelersâ€¦Purya, who fled Iran only to fall into the clutches of human smugglers and survive beatings and torture in Bulgariaâ€¦and Shahroukh Khan, an Afghan teenager whose world at home was shattered twiceâ€“once by the Taliban and again by American bombsâ€“but whose story turns on a single moment of awakening and love in the courtyard of a Turkish mosque.

A chronicle of husbands separated from wives, children from parents, Embracing the Infidel is a portrait of men and women moving toward a promised land they may never reachâ€“and away from a world to which they cannot return. It is an unforgettable tale of heartbreak and prejudice, courage, heroism, and hope.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Delta
Manufacturer Delta
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber WL6698
Model WL6698
Color White
ReleaseDate 2006-10-31
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553382945

Country	USA
Brand	Delta
Manufacturer	Delta
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	WL6698
Model	WL6698
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2006-10-31
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553382945

Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West

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