Now in the collection is Unimagined: A Muslim Boy Meets the West by Imran Ahmad, who recently spoke here as part of his US, continent-spanning, clockwise speaking tour to advance re-humanization between America and the Muslim world. An entertaining and insightful writer and speaker, he is also on the board of British Muslims for Secular Democracy. From the publisher:
Part White Teeth, part Adrian Mole, Unimagined is the hilarious and captivating memoir of a Muslim boy born in Pakistan, who moves to London aged one and grows up torn between his Islamic identity and his desire to embrace the West.
The endearing narrator recalls his childhood in a series of vivid snapshots: outrage as deserved victory is snatched away from him in the Karachi Bonnie Baby contest; bitterness as he is tricked out of his collection of Tarzan bubbe-gum cards by junior con artists; the heady early taste of success in the Metropolitan Police schools quiz; joy at passing the entrance exam to the local grammar school; uncertainity as he seeks to become a doctor (like all god Asian boys); bewilderment as he tries to learn about women at university; and shock at experiencing racism in its many forms.
Deliciously funny and painfully insightful, Unimagined is truly a joy to read.
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