Many memoirs are simply travel logs (often interesting) of a life but her story is only the vessel used for an exploration of spirituality, ritual, culture, identity, and the terrifying "other." I think most readers will identify with some part of the book because she describes a wide rages of issues and emotions (without becoming, like some, a essayist on some topic she researched and so for a moment the entire tone of the book changes). For me I identified most with her description of her relationship with God and how religion (ritual and belief) developed those things within her. I'm a Christian but her experience sounds like my experience. I also identified with how she resolved issues of spirituality with problems in the established religion, because it's something I do too. Just because a system is imperfect doesn't make it less valuable or not valuable at all. Additionally, it's just well-written so it's enjoyable to read, flows well, and is interesting. I was lead to believe this book would explore a young woman's decision to choose Islam as her religion and every thing this decision would entail from the beginning to the current time in which the story was written. Although the story described Ms. Wilson's conversion it lacked the details and depth I was looking forward to reading. ��Rather than closely exploring her religious conversion Ms. Wilson focused on the cultural differences between the US and Egypt. I did find the differences educational but I really wanted more of her conversion experience and that's where I found myself disappointed. While in Egypt Ms. Wilson met the man she would marry and once again the romance was glossed over and the cultural differences were introduced again.��I did enjoy the book but I was hoping for more insight on her conversion to Islam and her relationship with her future husband. I did enjoy the thorough description of Egypt and its culture but I wanted ��less than what the book offered in this area and more of where it fell short which for me was her conversion to Islam
What do You think about Butterfly Mosque, The (2010)?
i love the writing. this book really gives me a chance to live in a revert muslim life.
—brea
Very insightful & a pleasure to read!
—trader_of_feelings
