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A Doorway in Tunis
Why does a young, white, American woman from a middle-class family reject American culture, become Muslim, marry an incarcerated Black American man, and then - with her three young children - follow him to North Africa after his escape from prison? This memoir is my effort to answer these questions and tell the story of my family's itinerant life in the Muslim world. Emerging from a difficult youth, I deny the existence of love. Then, as an adult, I fall in love with a convicted criminal. Living with him and our children in the developing world, I take refuge in my spiritual life, nurture my children, and face the hardships of our life on the run. Along the way I encounter the kindness of strangers, but also the torment of a collapsing marriage. Traveling by car and camper trailer from 1980 to 1993, my family's travels cover thousands of miles across a dozen countries. We settle down in a country for a year or two, make friends, learn the local language, become acculturated, and then move on with endless restlessness. These constant travels arise partly from our fear of discovery by the U.S. authorities and partly as a response to the dangers we inadvertently stumble upon in turbulent countries. In this account, I use pseudonyms for the people who befriend us in such places to protect them from being targeted by their governments. Our names and the names of most westerners we encounter are not changed.Driven by an insistent urge to explore the unknown and willing to take a serious risk because of my vision for our future, I get on a plane in New York with my children, headed for a very different world from the one I know. By the mercy of God, we survive to tell this story. Sheer luck plays a part, but even more important is the help given us by generous people we meet as we explore Muslim lands.
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A Doorway in Tunis
Why does a young, white, American woman from a middle-class family reject American culture, become Muslim, marry an incarcerated Black American man, and then - with her three young children - follow him to North Africa after his escape from prison? This memoir is my effort to answer these questions and tell the story of my family's itinerant life in the Muslim world. Emerging from a difficult youth, I deny the existence of love. Then, as an adult, I fall in love with a convicted criminal. Living with him and our children in the developing world, I take refuge in my spiritual life, nurture my children, and face the hardships of our life on the run. Along the way I encounter the kindness of strangers, but also the torment of a collapsing marriage. Traveling by car and camper trailer from 1980 to 1993, my family's travels cover thousands of miles across a dozen countries. We settle down in a country for a year or two, make friends, learn the local language, become acculturated, and then move on with endless restlessness. These constant travels arise partly from our fear of discovery by the U.S. authorities and partly as a response to the dangers we inadvertently stumble upon in turbulent countries. In this account, I use pseudonyms for the people who befriend us in such places to protect them from being targeted by their governments. Our names and the names of most westerners we encounter are not changed.Driven by an insistent urge to explore the unknown and willing to take a serious risk because of my vision for our future, I get on a plane in New York with my children, headed for a very different world from the one I know. By the mercy of God, we survive to tell this story. Sheer luck plays a part, but even more important is the help given us by generous people we meet as we explore Muslim lands.
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Why does a young, white, American woman from a middle-class family reject American culture, become Muslim, marry an incarcerated Black American man, and then - with her three young children - follow him to North Africa after his escape from prison? This memoir is my effort to answer these questions and tell the story of my family's itinerant life in the Muslim world. Emerging from a difficult youth, I deny the existence of love. Then, as an adult, I fall in love with a convicted criminal. Living with him and our children in the developing world, I take refuge in my spiritual life, nurture my children, and face the hardships of our life on the run. Along the way I encounter the kindness of strangers, but also the torment of a collapsing marriage. Traveling by car and camper trailer from 1980 to 1993, my family's travels cover thousands of miles across a dozen countries. We settle down in a country for a year or two, make friends, learn the local language, become acculturated, and then move on with endless restlessness. These constant travels arise partly from our fear of discovery by the U.S. authorities and partly as a response to the dangers we inadvertently stumble upon in turbulent countries. In this account, I use pseudonyms for the people who befriend us in such places to protect them from being targeted by their governments. Our names and the names of most westerners we encounter are not changed.Driven by an insistent urge to explore the unknown and willing to take a serious risk because of my vision for our future, I get on a plane in New York with my children, headed for a very different world from the one I know. By the mercy of God, we survive to tell this story. Sheer luck plays a part, but even more important is the help given us by generous people we meet as we explore Muslim lands.
