Loukia K. Sarroub is Assistant Professor of education at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She is currently conducting fieldwork on literacy in and out of school among American and Iraqi refugee youth.

"This is an important book and should be read by anyone interested in American Muslim youth." (Journal of Religion) "A well written and insightful book, one that cannot fail to illuminate the lives of many young Islamic women who find themselves caught between wanting to 'be good Muslims' and yet 'be American' at the same time." (Critique of Anthropology)

• 1. Introduction: Being American, Being Yemeni: Uncovering a Predicament2. American Sojourners between Honor and Shame3. Classroom as Oasis4. Islam and Conflicting Visions of Literacy5. The Tensions Teachers Face: Public Education and Islam6. From Aspiration to Desperation and Living in Ambiguity7. Living Ethnography: Reflections on Dearborn before and after September 11NotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

Loukia K. Sarroub is Assistant Professor of education at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She is currently conducting fieldwork on literacy in and out of school among American and Iraqi refugee youth.

"This is an important book and should be read by anyone interested in American Muslim youth." (Journal of Religion) "A well written and insightful book, one that cannot fail to illuminate the lives of many young Islamic women who find themselves caught between wanting to 'be good Muslims' and yet 'be American' at the same time." (Critique of Anthropology)

• 1. Introduction: Being American, Being Yemeni: Uncovering a Predicament2. American Sojourners between Honor and Shame3. Classroom as Oasis4. Islam and Conflicting Visions of Literacy5. The Tensions Teachers Face: Public Education and Islam6. From Aspiration to Desperation and Living in Ambiguity7. Living Ethnography: Reflections on Dearborn before and after September 11NotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

Loukia K. Sarroub is Assistant Professor of education at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She is currently conducting fieldwork on literacy in and out of school among American and Iraqi refugee youth.

"This is an important book and should be read by anyone interested in American Muslim youth." (Journal of Religion) "A well written and insightful book, one that cannot fail to illuminate the lives of many young Islamic women who find themselves caught between wanting to 'be good Muslims' and yet 'be American' at the same time." (Critique of Anthropology)

• 1. Introduction: Being American, Being Yemeni: Uncovering a Predicament2. American Sojourners between Honor and Shame3. Classroom as Oasis4. Islam and Conflicting Visions of Literacy5. The Tensions Teachers Face: Public Education and Islam6. From Aspiration to Desperation and Living in Ambiguity7. Living Ethnography: Reflections on Dearborn before and after September 11NotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments