This shows the kind of the colony that the current generation lives in especially in matters concerning religion. She is seen as one who has lost direction and they are worried of her. Her family never shares in her opinion of becoming an Islam. Having originated from an atheist to being converted to an Islam. One can also appreciate the contradictions of the religion especially from the author's background. The insights that are given in the book are valid and they reveal the splendor and the grit of what it is to be a Muslim and a woman.

She is also a very good ambassador of the Middle East to America where the picture of the Islamic religion is not taken with a lot of respect. She has helped in increasing the dignity of women in Middle East, which is held with lesser respect compared to the male counterpart. As an American and a woman, in understanding and appreciating Middle Eastern life, Islam and women, is a very strong aspect. The book portrays a lot of honesty and intelligence that are insightful, awaking, and truly helpful to all. Want to make sure we can complete your complex assignment? This is because they do not talk from experience but from their academic level of understanding. Their main talk entails postmodern a postcolonial era which do not help in integration of any culture. From her perspective, she is hoping for the genuine people who talk of issues that they know very well rather than talks from academic who do not talk out of experience. She addresses the hiked discussions about modern religious identity, the conflicts of the Muslims raised in the America in first and second generation, blessing of the atheist figures, which is mixed like Richards Dawkins and the recent Muslim comic phenomena The 99 Muslim geeks, and she covered beliefs on the misrepresentation of Muslims in the public. She clearly addresses the conflict she wanted to address. In her book, she narrates about her struggles she underwent in Egypt and the way Islam changed her life.

She gives her experience in visiting the Islamic countries, her discovery and path towards the Islamic religion and how she end up finding love with an Islamic man. In her narration, she strikes a balance among three stories. She narrates about her life in Egypt and her journey to Middle East countries such as Persia and Iran. The book is not only about her life, but also about the people she met and interacted with in her life. As a dedicated Muslim, she met Omar who soon marries her. She kept this as a secret to her family and friends as she starts her life in Cairo. She was brought up as an atheist and as she went to Egypt, she knew one thing that she will become a Muslim. This is memoir of an American woman who went to Egypt as an English teacher. This is a review of book The Butterfly Mosque: A young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam whose Author is Willon Wilson and published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 2010.

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