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      Stranger to History: A Son’s Journey through Islamic Lands

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      The story of a son's journey across the middle east to meet his estranged father - from an acclaimed young journalist

      As a child, all Aatish Taseer ever had of his father was his photograph in a browning silver frame. Raised by his Sikh mother in Delhi, his father, a Pak...

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      Product ID:9781847671318
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Stranger to History
      Subtitle:A Son's Journey through Islamic Lands
      Authors:Author: Aatish Taseer
      Page Count:336
      Subjects:Travel writing, Travel writing
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      The story of a son's journey across the middle east to meet his estranged father - from an acclaimed young journalist

      As a child, all Aatish Taseer ever had of his father was his photograph in a browning silver frame. Raised by his Sikh mother in Delhi, his father, a Pakistani Muslim, remained a distant figure. It was a fractured upbringing which left Aatish with many questions about his own identity.

      Stranger to History
      is the story of the journey Aatish made to try to understand what it means to be Muslim in the twenty-first century. Starting from Istanbul, Islam''s once greatest city, he travels to Mecca, its most holy, and then home through Iran and Pakistan. Ending in Lahore, at his estranged father''s home, on the night Benazir Bhutto was killed, it is also the story of Aatish''s own divided family over the past fifty years.


      Imprint Name:Canongate Books
      Publisher Name:Canongate Books
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2010-07-01

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      Weight242 g
      Dimensions200 × 133 × 22 mm