Helpful Score: 1
Not everyone's cup of tea to be sure - the author being a blue-eyed follower of an offshoot of the Nation of Islam. Moreover, there's a stream of consciousness quality to the writing (some digressions, flashbacks, etc.), along with a hip-hoppy tone, and frequent use of Muslim terms that are never explained to the general reader (rakat, du'a, etc.), though can be inferred. So ... why would I recommend it? Knight is a westerner; as he says to one guy in Mecca who criticizes him for not changing his name: "I didn't convert to being an Arab!" In other words, he's even-handed about his positive and negative encounters, neither complaining all the time, nor fawning. He comes off as a bright, though eccentric, young man, who (in spite of the all the hip-hop) expresses himself well.
