TY - BOOK N2 - 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 Larchmont became Maryam Jameelah of Lahore, one of the most trenchant and celebrated voices of Islam's argument with the West. AB - 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 Larchmont became Maryam Jameelah of Lahore, one of the most trenchant and celebrated voices of Islam's argument with the West. T1 - The convert :a tale of exile and extremism / DA - 2011. CY - Minneapolis, Minn. : AU - Baker, Deborah, CN - BP170.5.M3 CN - BP170.5.M3 PB - Graywolf Press, PP - Minneapolis, Minn. : PY - 2011. ID - 435293 KW - Muslim converts KW - Muslim women KW - Muslim women SN - 9781555975821 SN - 1555975828 TI - The convert :a tale of exile and extremism / ER -