Dear Prophet – A Woman\u2019s Story \/ Ali Ansari<\/p>\n
Unveiled, I show you my face Dear Prophet \u2013 A Woman\u2019s Story<\/strong><\/em> is Zarina\u2019s story and her reflections on imponderable existential questions, \u201cthe meaning of a woman\u2019s life and the meaning of meaning\u201d. Through the letters she writes to the founder of her religion, the Prophet Mohammed, the panorama of this Muslim woman\u2019s life and that of her young son, Hamid, is revealed. While she searches for her missing son, Zarina\u2019s letters and narration describe a convoluted chain of events that move from India to Germany, Lebanon and the United States, ending up in Colorado, where Hamid undergoes the transformation, which changes everything in their lives. The intrigue and terror that grip Zarina\u2019s and Hamid\u2019s comfortable lives intensify with each turn of a screw wielded by an invisible hand, ending in a remarkable set of events.<\/p>\n \u201cGet your passport and visas in place to travel on a global spiritual journey from Hyderabad to Boulder. Ansari\u2019s Dear Prophet is a spicy masala of East and West. The doors of the Dargah open wide revealing the possibilities of transformation. Ansari skillfully calibrates the nuances of Sufism. Zarina and Hamid are memorable characters as they navigate the shoals of modern life. In elegant prose Ansari describes Zarina\u2019s ambivalent romance with America and her heartache of motherhood and Hamid\u2019s experiment with finding parallels between Native American mysticism and Islam, leading to unexpected consequences.\u201d \u201cIt is a delight to see a fellow engineer\u2019s remarkable debut as a novelist. Like Hamid, Zarina and Nicole, all of us are looking to being free. The book\u2019s deep message speaks to each of us in a personal way, opening our hearts to the great love and mystery of the Beloved.\u201d <\/p>\n About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n Ali Ansari\u2019s fi rst work of fi ction is drawn from his familiarity with places, cultures and experiences described in the book that made him write it with sensitivity and understanding of a woman\u2019s struggle to fi nd her place in a shrinking, multicultural world. Ali\u2019s narration of the story touches on his own attempt to make sense of human relationships, love, attachment and detachment, and the human mind\u2019s need for ultimate release in a fi nal silence. Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the U.S. as well as in India and the founder of \u201cEngineers Without Borders \u2013 India\u201d, Ali\u2019s fi rst book Sufi sm And Beyond: Sufi Thought<\/p>\n In The Light Of Late Twentieth Century Science did very well. Ali is an Indo-American writer, who now lives in Coimbatore, India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Prophet – A Woman\u2019s Story \/ Ali Ansari Unveiled, I show you my face You, a man I, a woman Never the two can meet But, we must talk. Woman to man. Dear Prophet \u2013 A Woman\u2019s Story is Zarina\u2019s story and her reflections on imponderable existential questions, \u201cthe meaning of a woman\u2019s life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29546,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[101,121],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29545","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-fiction","7":"product_cat-literature","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"sale","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/em>You, a man
\n<\/em>I, a woman
\n<\/em>Never the two can meet
\n<\/em>But, we must talk.
\n<\/em>Woman to man.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2014 David Barsamian, Alternative Radio, USA<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2014 Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder<\/em><\/p>\n