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02299aam a2200409 i 4500 001 F2A9BB52F38211EC9AFA726C57ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220624010027 008 220511t20222022nyu 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1542037387 020 $a 9781542037389 020 $a 1542037395 020 $a 9781542037396 035 $a (OCoLC)1319487936 040 $a MYL $b eng $e rda $c MYL $d YDX $d BDX $d CLE $d UAP $d VIA $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ny $a n-us-ny 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20220519 100 1 $a Chisholm, N. Jamiyla, $e author. 245 14 $a The Community : $b a memoir / $c N. Jamiyla Chisholm. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Little A, $c [2022] 300 $a 178 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "In 1978, when Jamiyla was two years old, her mother, Ummi, quit her job, converted to Islam with her husband, and moved into an exclusive Muslim society in Brooklyn. Once inside the Community, the family was separated by its powerful and charismatic leader, Dwight York, who was hiding behind the name Imam Isa. Forty years later, Jamiyla was ready to excavate and understand a past buried in bad dreams, disturbing memories, and inexplicable rage. Jamiyla's emotional memoir tells her family's story of life inside and outside the cult, and of escaping into new challenges as conservative Muslims in the secular Brooklyn they left behind. A harrowing and deeply personal history fraught with racial tension and devastating personal betrayals, The Community is also a hopeful story brimming with Black pride, justice, and the long-overdue healing between a daughter and mother"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Chisholm, N. Jamiyla. 650 0 $a Muslim women $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American Muslims $v Biography. 651 0 $a Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) $v Biography. 600 10 $a York, Dwight, $d 1935- 650 0 $a Nuwaubian movement $z New York $z New York $x History. 650 0 $a African Americans $z New York $z New York $x Religion. 651 0 $a Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) $x Religion. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20220712011552.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220624010142.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F2A9BB52F38211EC9AFA726C57ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search