While the number of converts to Islam seems to be rising in Western societies, it has been observed that women are more likely to change religion than men. Given that the adoption of the Muslim paradigm implies the embodiment of a new vision of the world, I examine how the Western Muslim woman subject is constructed through narrative performance. By producing standardized discourses on woman and the family, the converts express deep criticism of Western gender models while asserting their belonging to the Muslim community. As the product of the power relationships that govern French and Québécois societies, they build political attitudes they present as alternatives to Western modern and secular choices. In so doing, they reframe the public and private spheres, as well as social borders between margin and center. This paper is based on an ethnographic study of women who have converted to Islam in Quebec and in France.