Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest

by Edward E Curtis IV and Edward E. Curtis IV

Book Overview

Winner of the 2023 Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Book Award from the Arab American National Museum
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2023

Uncovers the surprising history of Muslim life in the early American Midwest

The American Midwest is often thought of as uniformly white, and shaped exclusively by Christian values. However, this view of the region as an unvarying landscape fails to consider a significant community...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479812560
• ISBN13: 9781479812561
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"