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The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A Novel PB_Gift_Guide but when he needs itSyrian immigrant Khadra Shamy is growing up in a devout, tightly knit Muslim family in 1970s Indiana, at the crossroads of bad polyester and Islamic dress codes. Along with her brother Eyad and her African American friends, Hakim and Hanifa, she bikes the Indianapolis streets exploring the fault lines between "Muslim" and "American." When her picture perfect marriage goes sour, Khadra flees to Syria and learns how to pray again. On returning to