Sufi Women of America: Angels in the MakingSeven contemporary Sufi women are interviewed and their responses are compared to traditional psychology. This book has received rave reviews by mainstream America because it shows how Western women come to submission to Gods Will (Islam) and then sought the further dimension of commitment to inner change as part of the Sufi way of purification of the soul (tazkiyah i nafs). About the Author: Laleh Bakhtiar, Ph. D., a well known author on Sufism, is

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read

ISBN-10:‎ 0618872655

even though his contentions have been refuted

famous for his virtuosity

from courtly love poems to metaphysical reflections on union with God

Cameron Gruner s extensive endnotes

He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford and is currently Professor of English at Rutgers University

Scenes from Arabian life at the turn of the twentieth century

Marcel Kurpershoek is a senior research fellow at New York University Abu Dhabi

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oneworld Publications

Paperback: 348 pages

With a cast of characters ranging from Malcolm X to 50 Cent