ɪɾ ˈɪz, fˈɜːst, ɐ pˈɜːsənəl kɹˈɑːnɪkəl ʌv ɪmˈæm hˈæsən kæzwˈiːnɪz ˈoʊn tɹədʒˈɛktɚɹi fɹʌm kɑːɹbˈɑːlə, ɪɹˈæk, wˌɛɹ hiː wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈoːɹ, tʊ ˈɛɡzaɪl ɪn kuːwˈeɪt ænd ɪɹˈæn, tə dˈɪɹbɔːɹn, mˈɪtʃ., wˌɛɹ hiː kˈɜːɹəntli hˈɛdz ðɪ ɪslˈɑːmɪk sˈɛntɚɹ ʌv ɐmˈɛɹɪkə.
It is, first, a personal chronicle of Imam Hassan Qazwini's own trajectory from Karbala, Iraq, where he was born in 1964, to exile in Kuwait and Iran, to Dearborn, Mich., where he currently heads the Islamic Center of America.