Granta, a magazine that regularly publishes my favorite writers- but which can also be one of the most annoying, pretentious and anti-American rags around - has put together their latest issue, which is called "How Americans See the World". It is a counter-point to their earlier issue, "How We See America", a title which I found obnoxious and misleading. Who, exactly, is the "we" Granta was referring to?
Regardless - there were many interesting essays, and now they have published our side of things. (This reminds me of a quote from Meryl Streep's character in Postcards from the Edge: "I'm not a box. I don't have sides.")
But still - the writers are all so good, I read every issue.
Glenn Reynolds points to one of the pieces from the latest Granta issue, and this piece is an absolute must-read. It is an essay written by Murad Kalam, an American Muslim (a convert, though - he had been born and raised Baptist). Kalam had the zeal of a true convert, and moved to Egypt, to experience a real Muslim country, to escape the ignorance and suspicion of America, to get closer to the true Islam. This is the essay of his experiences in Egypt.
Don't miss it.
(via Instapundit)
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