Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America Ayaz Virji

Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America

Author: Ayaz Virji
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Book Title
Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America
Author
Ayaz Virji
ISBN
9780525577201
A powerful true story about a Muslim doctor's service to small-town America and the hope of overcoming our country's climate of hostility and fear. In 2013, Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage of doctors in rural America. But in 2016, this decision was tested when the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump. Virji watched in horror as his children faced anti-Muslim remarks at school and some of his most loyal patients began questioning whether he belonged in the community. Virji wanted out. But in 2017, just as he was lining up a job in Dubai, a local pastor invited him to speak at her church and address misconceptions about what Muslims practice and believe. That invitation has grown into a well-attended lecture series that has changed hearts and minds across the state, while giving Virji a new vocation that he never would have expected. In Love Thy Neighbor, Virji relates this story in a gripping, unforgettable narrative that shows the human consequences of our toxic politics, the power of faith and personal conviction, and the potential for a renewal of understanding in America's heartland.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Ayaz Virji, Alan EisenstockPublisher: Convergent BooksPublished: 06/11/2019ISBN: 9780525577201Pages: 208Weight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00dReview Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2019 pg. 53Publishers Weekly 04/01/2019Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2019Shelf Awareness 06/11/2019
A powerful true story about a Muslim doctor's service to small-town America and the hope of overcoming our country's climate of hostility and fear.

In 2013, Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage of doctors in rural America. But in 2016, this decision was tested when the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump. Virji watched in horror as his children faced anti-Muslim remarks at school and some of his most loyal patients began questioning whether he belonged in the community.

Virji wanted out. But in 2017, just as he was lining up a job in Dubai, a local pastor invited him to speak at her church and address misconceptions about what Muslims practice and believe. That invitation has grown into a well-attended lecture series that has changed hearts and minds across the state, while giving Virji a new vocation that he never would have expected.

In Love Thy Neighbor, Virji relates this story in a gripping, unforgettable narrative that shows the human consequences of our toxic politics, the power of faith and personal conviction, and the potential for a renewal of understanding in America's heartland.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Ayaz Virji, Alan Eisenstock
Publisher: Convergent Books
Published: 06/11/2019
ISBN: 9780525577201
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2019 pg. 53
Publishers Weekly 04/01/2019
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2019
Shelf Awareness 06/11/2019
A powerful true story about a Muslim doctor's service to small-town America and the hope of overcoming our country's climate of hostility and fear.

In 2013, Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage of doctors in rural America. But in 2016, this decision was tested when the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump. Virji watched in horror as his children faced anti-Muslim remarks at school and some of his most loyal patients began questioning whether he belonged in the community.

Virji wanted out. But in 2017, just as he was lining up a job in Dubai, a local pastor invited him to speak at her church and address misconceptions about what Muslims practice and believe. That invitation has grown into a well-attended lecture series that has changed hearts and minds across the state, while giving Virji a new vocation that he never would have expected.

In Love Thy Neighbor, Virji relates this story in a gripping, unforgettable narrative that shows the human consequences of our toxic politics, the power of faith and personal conviction, and the potential for a renewal of understanding in America's heartland.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Ayaz Virji, Alan Eisenstock
Publisher: Convergent Books
Published: 06/11/2019
ISBN: 9780525577201
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2019 pg. 53
Publishers Weekly 04/01/2019
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2019
Shelf Awareness 06/11/2019