The eye-opening story of how American Carla Powers and her longtime friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities.

"A Holt paperback."

Introduction: a map for the journey -- The origins -- The Qurʼan in twenty-five words -- An American in the East -- A Muslim in the West -- Road trip to the Indian madrasa -- A migrant's prayer mat -- The home -- Pioneer life in Oxford -- Nine-thousand hidden women -- The little rosy one -- Veiling and unveiling -- Reading the women -- The world -- A pilgrim's progress -- Jesus, Mary, and the Qurʼan -- Beyond politics -- The pharaoh and his wife -- War stories -- The last lesson -- Conclusion: everlasting return -- Author's note -- Glossary.