Osama Van Halen
Amazing Ayyub, an Iranian Shi'ite skinhead, and Rabeya, a burqa-wearing punk, have kidnapped Matt Damon and are holding him hostage. They demand that Hollywood depict Muslims in a positive light, 'just one movie where we're not these two-dimensional al Qaeda stereotypes.' But Damon's concerned they're playing into that same terrorist paradigm, thereby furthering the neoconservative perception of Islam. Meanwhile, Ayyub embarks on a mission to rid the taqwacore scene of a Muslim pop-punk band ca…
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- Full title :Osama Van Halen / Michael Muhammad Knight.
Summary
Amazing Ayyub, an Iranian Shi'ite skinhead, and Rabeya, a burqa-wearing punk, have kidnapped Matt Damon and are holding him hostage. They demand that Hollywood depict Muslims in a positive light, 'just one movie where we're not these two-dimensional al Qaeda stereotypes.' But Damon's concerned they're playing into that same terrorist paradigm, thereby furthering the neoconservative perception of Islam. Meanwhile, Ayyub embarks on a mission to rid the taqwacore scene of a Muslim pop-punk band called Shah 79. Along the way, he makes himself invisible, escapes punk-eating zombies in a mosque off the desert highway, and runs into some psychobilly jinns. Things turn existential when Ayyub finds himself face-to-face with his creator, no, not Allah, but the author. This riotous journey of enlightenment reads like a religious service for teenagers on Halloween. But it isn't all raucous fun; written into his own novel, the author finds he is at the mercy of his creation"--Provided by publisher.
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- Publication Date:©2009
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Soft Skull Press
- Place of Publication:Brooklyn, NY
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2009
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (212 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781593763527, 1593763522, 1282487574, 9781282487574, 9786612487576, 6612487577
- oclc:ocn609854213
- LC Classification:PS3611.N566
- Dewey Decimal:813.6
Table of Contents
Progressive Islam vs. the Double-Dong brothers -- Rabeya vs. Matt Damon -- The kominas vs. punk-eating zombies -- Amazing Ayyub vs. the psychobilly jinns -- Intermission: Bombay Unger and Yusuf Islam start a taqwacore band -- Taqwacores vs. the Islamic Societyof North America -- F. Scott Fitzgerald vs. five desi girls -- The main event -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments.
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