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In her Muslim hijab, with her down-turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich families whose houses she cleans. 20 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. Then a coup forces the young woman and her family into political exile in London. But she finds solace - in her visits to the Regents Park Mosque, the 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 given 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.
- Binding Others
- Author/s Aboulela, Leila
- ISBN13 9780747576266
- ISBN10 0747576262
- Collection INGLES
- Published 2005
- Language English
Minaret
- Author Leila Aboulela
- Publisher BLOOMSBURY
- ISBN 9780747576266
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