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000452452 1001_ $$aAboulela, Leila,$$d1964-
000452452 24510 $$aMinaret /$$cLeila Aboulela.
000452452 260__ $$aNew York :$$bGrove Press,$$c2005.
000452452 300__ $$a276 p. ;$$c21 cm.
000452452 5201_ $$a"In her Muslim hijab, with her downturned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich families whose houses she cleans." "Twenty years ago, Najwa then at university in Khartoum, would never have imagined that one day she would be a maid. An upper-class, westernised Sudanese, her dreams were to marry well and raise a family. But Najwa's days of innocence ended when a military coup forced the young woman and her family into political exile in London." "The years that follow hold more trials for Najwa and she must face the fact that she has come down in the world. But she finds solace in her visits to the Regent's Park Mosque, companionship among the Muslims she meets there and strength in the hijab she adopts. Her dreams of love may have shattered but her awakening to Islam has brought her a different peace." "Then Najwa meets Tamer, the intense, lonely younger brother of her employer. They find a common bond in faith and slowly, silently, begin to fall in love." "Minaret is a portrait of a woman given a second chance at life, and a unique look at the life of a devout Muslim woman in England."--BOOK JACKET.
000452452 650_0 $$aSudanese$$zGreat Britain$$vFiction.
000452452 650_0 $$aPolitical refugees$$vFiction.
000452452 650_0 $$aWomen household employees$$vFiction.
000452452 650_0 $$aMuslim women$$vFiction.
000452452 650_0 $$aRich people$$vFiction.
000452452 650_0 $$aOrphans$$vFiction.
000452452 651_0 $$aLondon (England)$$vFiction.
000452452 655_7 $$aRomance fiction.$$2lcgft
000452452 85200 $$bgen$$hPR6051.B68$$iM56$$i2005
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