The book, In Search of a Base by Jamal Fawaz, M.D. chronicles the challenges facing Muslim Americans in the years following 9/11. Personal and professional views on issues that affect the lives of Muslim immigrants are offered. The book features a clear overview of the obstucles Muslims have faced after emigrating to the U.S. over the past decades.   

It seeks to identify major factors which affect their ability to adapt to life in the United States, to adjust to their new environment and to assimilate.  Some of the questions posed in the book include: how should Muslims balance assimilation with ethnic and cultural diversity? What is the impact of past experiences, traditions, customs, culture, education and religion on their day to day lives in their new environment? Dr. Fawaz postulates that in the post 9/11 era all recent Muslim immigrants to the United States have a common quest: to search for and to find a base. 

The book can be purchased on Amazon.com.