The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam

The Butterfly Mosque , journalist G. Willow Wilson’s remarkable story of converting to Islam and falling in love with an Egyptian man in a volatile post–9/11 world, was praised as “an eye-opening look at a misunderstood and often polarizing faith” ( Booklist ) and “a tremendously heartfelt, healing crosscultural fusion” ( Publishers Weekly ).

Inspired by her experience during a college Islamic Studies course, Wilson, who was raised an atheist, decides to risk everyt…