From the Book - First edition.
Prologue: Not a mosque, and not at Ground Zero
Part One. An arranged marriage in Pakistan
2. I never said, "I do": the marriage contract
3. A silver watch: my splendid Pakistani wedding
Part Two. A Pakistani Muslim in New York
5. A Pakistani bride in New York: "I wouldn't do that if I were you"
7. A Muslim girl in New York: a holiday Muslim
8. Pakistani pregnancy, American delivery: a baptism of sorts, plus a circumcision
9. Ramadan without Ramadan: why I stopped fasting
10. The Christmas-ization of Eid
11. A Muslim among orthodox Jews
12. The Americanization of yours truly
Part Three. Creating a Muslim space
14. Building a Muslim community
15. A Muslim Sunday School and a mosque
Part Four. Rediscovering Islam: religion or culture?
18. Pakistani Islam or a hybrid?
20. Tradition versus women's rights
Part Five. An American Muslim in New York
24. An arranged marriage for my sons?
25. The Shia-Sunni schism
26. Don't ghetto-ize Islam
28. And then nothing was the same: September 11, 2001
29. Extremism and Islamophobia: viewed from the eyes of a Muslim
30. Upgrading Islam into the twenty-first century
31. An American Muslim in Pakistan
32. An American Muslim in New York.
From the Book - First paperback edition.
Preface to the paperback edition
Prologue: Not a mosque, and not at Ground Zero
Part One. An arranged marriage in Pakistan
2. I never said, "I do" : the marriage contract
3. A silver watch : my splendid Pakistani wedding
Part Two. A Pakistani Muslim in New York
5. A Pakistani bride in New York : "I wouldn't do that if I were you"
7. A Muslim girl in New York : a holiday Muslim
8. Pakistani pregnancy, American delivery : a baptism of sorts, plus a circumcision
9. Ramadan without Ramadan : why I stopped fasting
10. The Christmas-ization of Eid
11. A Muslim among orthodox Jews
12. The Americanization of yours truly
Part Three. Creating a Muslim space
14. Building a Muslim community
15. A Muslim Sunday School and a mosque
Part Four. Rediscovering Islam : religion or culture?
18. Pakistani Islam or a hybrid?
20. Tradition versus women's rights
Part Five. An American Muslim in New York
24. An arranged marriage for my sons?
25. The Shia-Sunni schism
26. Don't ghetto-ize Islam
28. And then nothing was the same : September 11, 2001
29. Extremism and Islamophobia : viewed from the eyes of a Muslim
30. Upgrading Islam into the twenty-first century
31. An American Muslim in Pakistan
32. An American Muslim in New York.