Children of Dust_ A Memoir of Pakistan - Ali Eteraz
Children of Dust
A Memoir of Pakistan
Ali Eteraz
For my parents
and those who have been like parents
God said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam;
they made obeisance, but Iblis [the satan], did it not.
He said: Shall I make obeisance to him
whom Thou hast created of dust?
QURAN 17:61
Contents
Epigraph
Prologue
Book I
The Promised—Abir ul Islam
In which the author, as a child in Pakistan, learns of his destiny and attends a madrassa
Book II
The American—Amir
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