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The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Kahf, Mohja is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf about?

Syrian immigrant Khadra Shamy is growing up in a devout, tightly knit Muslim family in 1970s Indiana, at the crossroads of bad polyester and Islamic dress codes. Along with her brother Eyad and her African-American friends, Hakim and Hanifa, she bikes the Indianapolis streets exploring the fault-lines between Muslim and American. When her picture-perfect marriage goes sour, Khadra flees to Syria and learns how to pray again. On returning to America she works in an eastern state taking care to stay away from Indiana, where the murder of her friend Tayibas sister by Klan violence years before still haunts her. But when her job sends her to cover a national Islamic conference in Indianapolis, shes back on familiar ground: Attending a concert by her brothers interfaith band The Clash of Civilizations, dodging questions from the aunties and uncles, and running into the recently divorced Hakim everywhere. Beautifully written and featuring an exuberant cast of characters, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf charts the spiritual and social landscape of Muslims in middle America, from five daily prayers to the Indy 500 car race. It is a riveting debut from an important new voice.

Who reads The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf?

Author

Kahf, Mohja

Publisher

Carroll & Graf

Published

2006

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Women'S Fiction

Rating

3.72 / 5 (1,076 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14