Children of Dust: A Portrait of a Muslim as a Young Man

Now in paperback, a searing memoir revealing the inside of militant Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan and the culture shock of moving to the U.S.–what Kite Runner did for fiction, Children of the Dust does for non-fiction.

An extraordinary personal journey from Islamic fundamentalism to a new life in the west

In this spellbinding portrayal of a life that few Americans can imagine, Ali Eteraz tells the story of his schooling in a madrassa in Pakistan, his teenage years as a Muslim American in the Bible Belt, and his voyage back to Pakistan to find a pious Muslim wife. This lyrical, penetrating saga from a brilliant new literary voice captures the heart of our universal quest for identity and the temptations of religious extremism.