From the Ambassador of the UAE to Russia comes a bold and intimate exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in the twenty-first century.
Omar Saif Ghobash is the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Russia. In addition to his post in Moscow, Ambassador Ghobash sponsors the Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation and is a founding trustee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in collaboration with the Booker Prize in London. Ambassador Ghobash studied law at Oxford and mathematics at the University of London.
A powerful celebration of common humanity and compassion . . .
deserves to be read widely by people of all faiths and none. *
Sunday Times *
Full of brave questions and wisdom -- Ed Husain, author of The
Islamist
An act of bravery -- Niall Ferguson
Creates hope * New York Times *
A gentle, cautious work, which addresses thorny questions with a
parent's compassion and a diplomat's delicate tread. * Harper's
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Ghobash encourages a search for nuance in a world consumed with a
polarizing, partisan us-versus-them mentality. * Slate *
Thoughtful reflections by a Muslim diplomat about questions of
faith, culture, and modernity. -- Fawaz A. Gerges, Professor of
International Relations at the London School of Economics and
Political Science
A timely and incisive book about the hopes and aspirations of
Muslims beyond the headlines that have shaped Western attitudes
towards Islam . . . A must read for Muslims and non-Muslims -- Vali
Nasr, Dean and Professor of International Politics at Johns Hopkins
University's School of Advanced International Studies
Beautifully written letters . . . A must read for anyone who wants
to take the pulse of a crucial region of our world. Refreshing and
effortless reading, filled with hope. -- Ebrahim Moosa, is
professor of Islamic Studies and co-director of the Contending
Modernities program in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the
University of Notre Dame
A rare treat in that it is intensely human whilst, at the same
time, being an important work of philosophy, religion and life. --
Henry Sweetbaum, Chairman of the International Centre for the Study
of Radicalisation and Political Violence
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