Hanan Arzay, 15, is a daughter of Muslim immigrants from Morocco who lives in East Islip, New York. In the months after the September 11 attacks, pedestrians threw eggs and coffee cups at the van that transported her to a Muslim school. At school, her Koran teacher threw chalk at her for requesting literal translations of the holy book. After she was expelled from two Muslim schools, her uncle gave her "The Taqwacores."
"This book is my lifeline," Arzay said. "It saved my faith."
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