Digging to America: Reading Lists

If you have already read Digging to America, we recommend these additional titles.

Understanding Islam

• The Muslim Next Door: The Qur’an, The Media and That Veil Thing by Sumbul Ali-Karamali
• Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
• Jumping over Fire by Nahid Rachlin
• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
• Muslims Next Door: Uncovering Myths and Creating Friendships by Shirin Taber
• A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam by I. A. Ibrahim
• Islam: Origin and Belief by Emory C. Bogle
• Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East by Jared Cohen

Immigrants & Families

• The Writing on My Forehead: A Novel by Nasfisa Haji
• Crescent by Diana Abu-Jabar
• Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee
• House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
• Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora by Persis M. Karim, Ed.
• My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes: Uncensored Iranian Voices by Lila Azam Zanganeh, Ed.
• Middle Eastern Lives in America by Amir Marvasti and Karyn D. McKinney
• The Language of Baklava: A Memoir by Diana Abu-Jabar
• New Food for Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies by Najmieh Batmanglif

Muslim American Experience

• The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf
• Foreigner by Nahid Rachlin
• Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
• Saffron Sky by Gelareh Asayesh
• Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni
• Acts of Faith: the Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation by Eboo Patel
• To See and See Again: A Life in Iran And America by Tara Bahrampour
• Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni
• Searching for Hassan: An American Family's Journey Home to Iran by Terence Ward

If you have any questions about the On Our Minds program, please contact Laurie MacWhinnie at macwhinn@maine.edu or 778-7219.