000			01811cam a22003011a 4500
008			100309s2009 nyu 000 0 eng
010			_a 2009281120
020			_a 9780061771187
020			_a006177118X
035			_a(Sirsi) u4580
920			_a9780061493850 (hardcover)
920			_a0061493856
082	0	0	_a 813.6 _2 22
100	1		_a Haji, Nafisa. _99125
245	1	4	_a The writing on my forehead / _c Nafisa Haji.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _b William Morrow, _c c2009.
300			_a308 p. ; _c 24 cm.
505	0		_aA moving meditation on the meaning of family, tradition, and the ties that bind. "The Writing on My Forehead" is lyrical and touching--Khaled Hosseini.
520	3		_aFree-spirited and rebellious Muslim-American Saira Qader rejected the constricting notions of family, duty, obligation, and fate, choosing instead to become a journalist, but when tragedy strikes five years later Saira looks to the stories of those who came before--her grandparents, a beloved aunt, her mother and father--and discovers that choice is not always our own, and that faith is not just an intellectual preference.
650		0	_aMuslim families _v Fiction. _95150
650		0	_aMothers and daughters _v Fiction. _93118
650		0	_aMuslim women _v Fiction. _95150
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