The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A Novel

The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A Novel
by Mohja Kahf

The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A Novel
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Author: Mohja Kahf
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-11
ISBN: 0786715197
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: PublicAffairs

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Book Review: THe Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
Summary: 3 Stars

It was a difficult book to get into but once past the beginning I enjoyed it quite a bit. A good window into how difficult it is for a Muslim to assimilate into American culture. I felt a glossary would have been a big help for the many Muslim words used in the text.

Summary of The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A Novel

Syrian immigrant Khadra Shamy is growing up in a devout, tightly knit Muslim family in 1970s Indiana, at the crossroads of bad polyester and Islamic dress codes. Along with her brother Eyad and her African-American friends, Hakim and Hanifa, she bikes the Indianapolis streets exploring the fault-lines between ?Muslim? and ?American.?

When her picture-perfect marriage goes sour, Khadra flees to Syria and learns how to pray again. On returning to America she works in an eastern state ? taking care to stay away from Indiana, where the murder of her friend Tayiba?s sister by Klan violence years before still haunts her. But when her job sends her to cover a national Islamic conference in Indianapolis, she?s back on familiar ground: Attending a concert by her brother?s interfaith band The Clash of Civilizations, dodging questions from the ?aunties? and ?uncles,? and running into the recently divorced Hakim everywhere.

Beautifully written and featuring an exuberant cast of characters, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf charts the spiritual and social landscape of Muslims in middle America, from five daily prayers to the Indy 500 car race. It is a riveting debut from an important new voice.

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