RaveInside Arabia... a riveting new book intends to rebalance Western understandings of the religion ... Mouallem is filling a major gap in knowledge ... manages to cover hundreds of years of Islamic and pan-American history without falling prey to boring digressions or sweeping cliches, an impressive feat for a book that stretches to almost 400 pages. In this quasi-memoir, Mouallem’s readers will also see a more positive, nuanced portrait of Islam than they might find in much of the news media or popular culture. The more Islamophobia proliferates, the more necessary books like Mouallem’s become ... readers will gain a new appreciation for Islam and the Americas from this book.
