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Muslim Meanderings [book review] 2007-11-04 10:29:00 I remember clearly the feeling I had after I’d stepped off of the container ship and walked into downtown Auckland. I stood on a corner weighed down by both my heavy backpack and the unexpected question “What do I do now?”The simple answer is that I spent the next nine months exploring New Zealand, Australia, and Southeast Asia. The deeper questions, to some degree, haunt every traveler (and perhaps a few tourists): “Why am I here?” “What pushed me to leave home?” And then, there’s “Where will I sleep tonight?”In her travels through Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey, Maliha Masood faced additional questions. A Pakistan-born American Muslim
woman, she ponders in her travel journal Zaatar Days, Henna Nights additional questions about the meaning of identity, religion, home, and friendship.Masood frequently ruminates on her ambiguous standing. As an American (and as a woman defying local norms by traveling without a plan, and without male supervision) she’s an odd out Read more:book review
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