{"product_id":"al-america-travels-through-americas-arab-and-islamic-roots-9781595584816","title":"Al' America: Travels Through America's Arab and Islamic Roots","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAl' America: Travels Through America's Arab and Islamic Roots\u003c\/strong\u003e by Curiel, Jonathan. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781595584816.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour out of ten Americans say they dislike Muslims, according to a Gallup poll. \"Muslims,\" a blogger wrote on the Web site Free Republic, \"dont belong in America.\" In a lively, funny, and revealing riposte to these sentiments, journalist Jonathan Curiel offers a fascinating tour through the little-known Islamic past, and present, of American culture.\nFrom highbrow to pop, from lighthearted to profound, Al America reveals the Islamic and Arab influences before our eyes, under our noses, and ringing in our ears. Curiel demonstrates that many of Americas most celebrated places―including the Alamo in San Antonio, the French Quarter of New Orleans, and the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina―retain vestiges of Arab and Islamic culture. Likewise, some of Americas most recognizable music―the Delta Blues, the surf sounds of Dick Dale, the rock and psychedelia of Jim Morrison and the Doors―is indebted to Arab music. And some of Americas leading historical figures, from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Elvis Presley, relied on Arab or Muslim culture for intellectual sustenance.\nPart travelogue, part cultural history, Al America confirms a continuous pattern of give-and-take between America and the Arab Muslim world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986113490997,"sku":"ByrdShop_1595584811","price":54.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781595584816_315dee6e-8306-463a-a269-feaf45720ec6.jpg?v=1778648021","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/al-america-travels-through-americas-arab-and-islamic-roots-9781595584816","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}