TY - BOOK AU - Aseel,Maryam Qudrat TI - Torn between two cultures : : an Afghan-American woman speaks out / T2 - (A Capital Currents Book) SN - 1931868360 AV - E184. A23. PY - 2003/// CY - Sterling, Virginia : PB - Capital Books, KW - Aseel, Maryam Qudrat, KW - Afghan American women KW - Biography KW - Afghan Americans KW - Muslims KW - United States KW - Ethnic identity KW - East and West KW - United States KW - Relations KW - Afghanistan KW - Afghanistan N1 - Abstract: The clash between two cultures led a young Maryam through an identity crisis that was resolved only as she rediscovered her religious and cultural roots, became increasingly active in the Afghan and Muslim communities, and resolved to bridge the gap between her two dueling cultures. The resolution she has achieved in her own life serves as a paradigm to the larger issue of East-West relations and our future together.; Contents: Acknowledgment—Author’s note—Prologue—1. A dark summer in Afghanistan—2. Afghans in America—3. Coming together, falling apart—4. Growing up Muslim Afghan-American—5. Revisiting Afghanistan—6. Womanhood—7. The real Islam—8. Between old friends—9. As the smoke clears—Epilogue—Index ER -