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[shootingstar]

I told myself to save money, so I'll justify today' book purchase as a something I'll give away to a family member. Am starting a light Canadian non-fiction book by writer, Zarqua Nawaz who lives in prairie province of Saskatchewan, "Laughing All the Way to the Mosque". She wrote also story series for the CBC national tv gentle comedy "Little Mosque on the Prairies". It ran for 6 seasons. Featured a family that intermarried where hubby was Muslim but wife wasn't. Had their mixed daughter. http://www.cbc.ca/littlemosque/

With the terrible crap in the international press and fear, I just wanted to read a book where really Muslims (these were Punjabis from India) led such ordinary, basically boring ordinary lives. To them, it's boring but not to us, if we only a little about Islam. With some humorous takes...about daily life. (Author wears a hijab, cloth on her head but she writes well for a broad audience.)

When I went up the cash register in bookstore to buy it, a hijab covered store clerk, kept looking at the back of the book, to skim what I had bought. I wondered if she had even heard of this Canadian show which stopped running about 2-3 yrs. ago.