Cairo g willow wilson6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Not long after she arrived, Wilson met Omar, the devout, thoughtful Sufi she rather hastily married, if only as a technicality, so they could share their days without a chaperone. ![]() The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman’s Journey to Love and Islam (Atlantic Monthly Press) centers on her time in Cairo, where she traveled to teach English after graduation, sharing with her trusted friend and roommate, Jo, her decision to become a Muslim. She was then, as she is now, with prominent bylines and a highly regarded book under her belt, well-rounded, witty, and endlessly curious.īorn in New Jersey, Wilson (CAS’03) quietly warmed to Islam as a BU student, while reading the Qur’an. Willow Wilson’s lyrical, crisply observant memoir, it quickly becomes apparent that this daughter of atheists did not turn inward at a tender age to ponder the nature of faith because she was particularly austere, self-mortifying, or friendless. Willow Wilson traveled to Cairo to teach English, and eventually became a Muslim. ![]() Willow Wilson’s memoir of embracing Islam and finding love | From Alumni Books | By Susan SeligsonĪfter graduating from BU, G. ![]()
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