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    Shades of Islam: Poems for a New Century
    Shades of Islam: Poems for a New Century
    Shades of Islam: Poems for a New Century
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    Shades of Islam: Poems for a New Century

    By Rafey Habib

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    "These poems offer a window onto the sensibility of a modern American Muslim, with unflinching honesty and richly informed compassion. The great humanistic tradition of poetry known in Arabic and other Eastern languages here finds a contemporary English voice, which will be recognized like a lost friend who has unaccountably been rediscovered."Carl W. Ernst, William R. Kenan Junior Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill

    This dazzling and moving new collection of poems addresses faith, love, politics, and Islam in the twenty-first century.

    Ráfey Habib is professor of English at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKube Publishing Ltd
    Release dateJul 25, 2016
    ISBN9781847740991
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