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Muslims who left the West and built a life in the Muslim world, in their own words: what it cost, what changed, and what they would tell you before you go.

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Former Imam GOES IN On America, Hijrah & Muslims in the West

A farm boy from North Carolina who became an imam, left America for the Emirates, and now asks Muslims in America what their mission is.

Shaykh Muhammad Nubee · Egypt · Decades abroad

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Egypt · FamiliesMan Speaks Out After 13 Years in the Middle EastThirteen years in Egypt and the Gulf taught him what family really means, and now he helps other families build it.

Egypt · Decades abroadEnglishman Talks Seeking Knowledge & Living Abroad For 21 YearsHe came to Cairo for six months to study Arabic and stayed for twenty-one years, building a marriage, a family, and a teaching life.

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