Najwa’s pious identity is framed as a return to Islam, not a conversion.

Evidence

For Najwa, her spiritual quest and the development of a pious religious identity mark the culmination of a process of “return” to Islam, even as her family’s travails have led her far away from her birthplace in Khartoum. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 479

Categorization

• DEFINE: The ‘return’ framing distinguishes reversion narratives from conversion narratives — a vocabulary distinction relevant to how Muslim characters’ faith journeys get read.