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Everyday Conversions

Attiya Ahmad

2017288 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2017
first published
  • 2017Duke University Press · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780822363446
  • 2017Duke University Press · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780822373223
  • 2017Duke University Press Books · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780822363330

Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives.--Publisher description.

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