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A spellbinding story of renunciation, conversion, and radicalism What drives a young woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a life of exile in Pakistan? The Convert tells the story of how Margaret Marcus of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Maryam Jameelah: Add a description of this character.
- Mawlana Mawdudi
- Margaret Marcus
- Mr. Parr
- Peggy
- Mohammad Yusuf Khan
- Myra Marcus
- Haider Farooq
- Betty
- Herbert
- Muslim
- Allah
- Dr. Harper
- Begum Mawdudi
- Dr. Rashid
- Mian Tufail Muhammad
- Ahmad Khalil
- Gandhi
- Khan Sahib
- Shaheer Niazi
- Pattoki
- Parwez
- Dr. Kubie
- Ayub Khan
- Medina
- Helen
- Mawlana Abul Ala Mawdudi
- Asma
- Nana
- Sayyid Qutb
- Bhutto
- Shafiqa
- Marx
- Ahmad Hasan
- Muhammad Asad
- Julia Bustin
Setting & Locations edit
- Jamaat-e-islami
- Sant Nagar lahore Pakistan
- America
- Brooklyn
- India
- Israel
- New York Public Library
- Egypt
- Mecca
- Mamaroneck
- Urdu
- Saudi Arabia
- Karachi
- Larchmont
- Paagal Khanaah
- Palestine
- Judaism
- Punjab
- Hudson River State Hospital
- Europe
- Icchra
- Sharia
- Humaira
- Afghanistan
- Turkey
- Cairo
- Iraq
- White Plains
- Delhi
- Westchester
- Ramadan
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2011. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Deborah Baker (Author)
Awards edit
- National Book Award (Finalist, 2011: Non-fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 200
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