Greetings from Bury Park

Greetings from Bury Park
  • Author : Sarfraz Manzoor
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 11 July 2019
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Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when his family emigrated from Pakistan to join his father in Bury Park, Luton. His teenage years were a constant battle to reconcile being both British and Muslim. But when his best friend introduced him to Bruce Springsteen, his life changed for ever. In this affectionate and timely memoir, Manzoor retraces his journey from the frustrations of his childhood to his reaction to the tragedies of 9/11 and 7/7. Original, darkly tender and wryly amusing, this

Blinded by the Light

Blinded by the Light
  • Author : SARFRAZ. MANZOOR
  • Publisher : Unknown
  • Release : 11 July 2019
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Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when his family emigrated from Pakistan to join his father in Bury Park, Luton. His teenage years were a constant battle to reconcile being both British and Muslim. But when his best friend introduced him to Bruce Springsteen, his life changed for ever. In this affectionate and timely memoir, Manzoor retraces his journey from the frustrations of his childhood to his reaction to the tragedies of 9/11 and 7/7.Original, darkly tender and wryly amusing, this

Blinded by the Light Greetings from Bury Park Movie Tie In

Blinded by the Light Greetings from Bury Park Movie Tie In
  • Author : Sarfraz Manzoor
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 06 August 2019
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Soon to be a major motion picture--a charming memoir about the impact of Bruce Springsteen's music on a Pakistani boy growing up in 1970s' Britain. Both a tribute to The Boss and a story of personal discovery, Blinded by the Light (originally published as Greetings from Bury Park) is a warm, irreverent, and exceptionally perceptive memoir about how music transcends religion and race. Featuring a new Afterword by the author.thor.

Greetings from Bury Park

Greetings from Bury Park
  • Author : Sarfraz Manzoor
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Paperbacks
  • Release : 01 June 2008
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Sarfraz Manzoor Was Two Years Old When His Family Emigrated From Pakistan To Join His Father In Bury Park, Luton. His Teenage Years Were A Constant Battle To Reconcile Being Both British And Muslim. But When His Best Friend Introduced Him To Bruce Springsteen, His Life Changed For Ever. In This Affectionate And Timely Memoir, Manzoor Retraces His Journey From The Frustrations Of His Childhood To His Reaction To The Tragedies Of 9/11 And 7/7. Original, Darkly Tender And Wryly Amusing, This

They

They
  • Author : Sarfraz Manzoor
  • Publisher : Hachette UK
  • Release : 19 August 2021
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A powerful and deeply personal exploration of a divided country - and a hopeful vision for change. 'This is not another book about the relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims. It is THE book. . . . Absolutely not to be missed.' - Matthew d'Ancona Sarfraz Manzoor grew up in a working-class Pakistani Muslim family in Luton - where he was raised to believe that they were different, they had an alien culture and they would never accept him. They were white people.

Shades of Springsteen

Shades of Springsteen
  • Author : John Massaro
  • Publisher : Rutgers University Press
  • Release : 16 July 2021
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One of the secrets to Bruce Springsteen’s enduring popularity over the past fifty years is the way fans feel a deep personal connection to his work. Yet even as the connection often stays grounded in details from his New Jersey upbringing, Springsteen’s music references a rich array of personalities from John Steinbeck to Amadou Diallo and beyond, inspiring fans to seek out and connect with a whole world’s worth of art, literature, and life stories. In this

Culture Diaspora and Modernity in Muslim Writing

Culture Diaspora and Modernity in Muslim Writing
  • Author : Rehana Ahmed,Peter Morey,Amina Yaqin
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 21 August 2012
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Fiction by writers of Muslim background forms one of the most diverse, vibrant and high-profile corpora of work being produced today - from the trail-blazing writing of Salman Rushdie and Hanif Kureishi, which challenged political and racial orthodoxies in the 1980s, to that of a new generation including Mohsin Hamid, Nadeem Aslam and Kamila Shamsie. This collection reflects the variety of those fictions. Experts in English, South Asian, and postcolonial literatures address the nature of Muslim identity: its response to

Hatters Railwaymen and Knitters

Hatters Railwaymen and Knitters
  • Author : Daniel Gray
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 01 August 2013
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Daniel Gray is about to turn thirty. Like any sane person, his response is to travel to Luton, Crewe and Hinckley. After a decade's exile in Scotland, he sets out to reacquaint himself with England via what he considers its greatest asset: football. Watching teams from the Championship (or Division Two as any right-minded person calls it) to the South West Peninsula Premier, and aimlessly walking around towns from Carlisle to Newquay, Gray paints a curious landscape forgotten by many.

Future Alternatives for Educational Leadership

Future Alternatives for Educational Leadership
  • Author : Deborah M. Netolicky
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 02 September 2021
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This book offers provocations for what’s now and what’s next in educational leadership, simultaneously bringing the field both back to its basics—of equity, democracy, humanity, and education for all—and forward to productive, innovative, and necessary possibilities. Written during the pandemic reality of 2020, this collection shares the global voices and expertise of prominent and emerging leaders, scholars, and practitioners in education from the UK, the United States, South America, Canada, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. The

Eurasia s Regional Powers Compared China India Russia

Eurasia s Regional Powers Compared China India Russia
  • Author : Shinichiro Tabata
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 17 December 2014
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Taking a long view, and a wide perspective, this book by Japan's leading scholars on Asia and Eurasia provides a comprehensive and systematic comparison of the three greatest powers in the region and assesses how far the recent growth trajectories of these countries are sustainable in the long run. The book demonstrates the huge impact on the region of these countries. It examines the population, resource and economic basis for the countries' rise, considers political, social and cultural factors, and

Decolonising Gender in South Asia

Decolonising Gender in South Asia
  • Author : Nazia Hussein,Saba Hussain
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 14 May 2021
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Decolonising Gender in South Asia is the first full-length compilation of cutting-edge research on the challenging debates around decolonial thought and gender studies in South Asia. The book elaborates on various ways of thinking about gender outside the epistemic frame of coloniality/modernity that is bound to the European colonial project. Following Walter Mignolo, the book calls for epistemic disobedience using border thinking as the necessary condition for thinking decolonially. Borders in this case are conceptualised not just as geographical

Muslim Families Politics and the Law

Muslim Families Politics and the Law
  • Author : Ralph Grillo
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 09 March 2016
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Contemporary European societies are multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, certainly in terms of the diversity which has stemmed from the immigration of workers and refugees and their settlement. Currently, however, there is widespread, often acrimonious, debate about ’other’ cultural and religious beliefs and practices and limits to their accommodation. This book focuses principally on Muslim families and on the way in which gender relations and associated questions of (women’s) agency, consent and autonomy, have become the focus of political and social