threading my prayer rug by sabeeha rehman

She lives with her husband in New York City. She is an op-ed contributor to the Houses of Worship column of the Wall Street Journal and New York Daily News. Sabeeha has given talks on the art of memoir writing at academic institutions including Hunter College, New York. ONE OF BOOKLISTS TOP TEN DIVERSE NONFICTION BOOKS. ONE OF BOOKLISTS TOP TEN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY BOOKS. Sabeeha Rehman’s memoir, Threading My Prayer Rug, was a finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, received the San Francisco Book Festival Award, and was a Top 10 Religion and Spirituality Book and Top 10 Diverse Nonfiction Book in 2017. Since the publication of her memoir, she has given more than 250 talks in nearly a hundred cities, at houses of worship, academic institutions, libraries, and community organizations, including the Chautauqua Institution, where her lectures have been sold out. Threading My Prayer Rug - Sabeeha Rehman SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING. Excerpts from her memoir were featured in the Wall Street Journal,, and Tiferet. Her memoir Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman's Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim, was shortlisted for the 2018 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, named one of Booklist's Top Ten Religious and Spirituality Books of 2016 and Top Ten Diverse Nonfiction Books of 2017, awarded honorable mention in the 2017 San Francisco Book Festival Awards, Spiritual Category, and chosen as a 2019 United Methodist Women's Reading Program Selection.

Author Information: Sabeeha Rehman is an author, blogger, and speaker on the American Muslim experience.

Threading my prayer rug by sabeeha rehman