Voice from exile: reflections on Islam

The book "Sound from Exile" presents the autobiography of Nasser Hamid Abu Zaid as he experienced it and narrated it himself, through an extended dialogue conducted with university professor Esther Nelson. This autobiography, with its multiple facets, clarifies the social and political circumstances that accompanied Abu Zaid's upbringing and influenced his intellectual formation and scientific production. Abu Zaid never intended for his books to be a collection of rigid theories that cannot be applied to reality. Abu Zaid always emphasized the importance of applying critical thinking and scientific research principles in the field of Islamic studies, which is one of the research fields most addicted to preaching and rhetoric.