Their journey to Islam

• Hosted MTV at its European peak
• Studied spirituality beyond celebrity
• Found Islam’s integrated way of life compelling

The full story

Backer interviewed the people the 1990s taught Europe to envy. Proximity exposed the poverty beneath glamour. Her search led through books, conversations and Muslim practice toward a faith that joined beauty to responsibility. Accepting Islam meant risking the industry’s incomprehension in order to stop living by its measurements.