"Human stories of adversity, courage, and life change."

Seeking Sanctuary tells the stories of a group of Muslim converts from the west who found liberation in the outwardly forbidding world of Sudan. They describe their spiritual and physical journeys from one way of life to another. They contrast their fragile expectations with a sweet reality. They explain how they found happiness in a country caricatured as starving and angry. And they remind us that there is mundanity in even the most exotic environment. But most of all, they gift us insights that challenge lazy prejudice about Islam by providing a striking counterpoint to fears about fundamentalism, extremism, and religious hostility. Seeking Sanctuary delves deeper into the psychology of a country and its inhabitants than our current affairs-driven media has ever allowed. It is a stunning collection of intimate portraits that are all the more dazzling for the context of our present religious and cultural nervousness. And it is a wonderful series of human stories about adversity, courage, and life change.