Publisher's Synopsis
"Caravanserai" tells of the experiences - both good and bad - of Muslims from many different homelands caught in a delicate cross-cultural web at a time when their identity as Australian Muslims is evolving. Their memories, the passage of their lives, their reactions to an environment with often diametrically opposed values and the compromises they are called to make, or refuse to make, provide a medley of issues explored under thematic chapters.;"Caravanserai" is a documentary of what life is like for first generation immigrants who have settled here and for others from second and third generations. Using a mixture of commentary and interviews, Hanifa Deen shapes a three-dimensional view of Muslims in Australia, in contrast to the usual emphasis placed on religious identity and the position of women.
