Dinarzad's Children : : an Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction
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I. First generation: The new world / Susan Muaddi Darraj -- Airport / Pauline Kaldas -- In-country / Rabih Alameddine -- Easy to say / Sahar Mustafah -- How we are bound / Patricia Sarrafian Ward; II. Cross-cultural encounters: News from Phoenix / Joseph Geha -- Edge of rock / May Mansoor Munn -- Manar of Hama / Mohja Kahf -- Salad lady / Rawi Hage -- Coal bin / D.H. Melhem -- My Elizabeth / Diana Abu-Jaber ; III. Relationships: Oh, Lebanon / Evelyn Shakir -- And what else? / Joseph Geha -- Stage directions for an extended conversation / Yussef El Guindi -- The wedding night / Zahie El Kouri -- Distances / Hedy Habra ; IV. Politics: Hair, prayer, and men / Laila Halaby -- Ohio / Yussef El Guindi -- Maryam and Marisa / David Williams -- It's not about that / Samia Serageldin ; V. Looking homeward: A day at the beach / Alia Yunis -- How I became my mother's daughter / Laila Lalami -- Mariam / Hedy Habra -- Sugar in Amman / Amal Masri ; VI. Shaping identities: Lost in freakin' Yonkers / Randa Jarrar -- He had dreamed of returning / Pauline Kaldas -- First snow / Khaled Mattawa -- The fifty-foot woman / Nabeel Abraham -- The Lebanon-Detroit Express / Alia Yunis -- The American way / Frances Khirallah Noble.
Contents: New world. -- Airport. -- In-country. -- Easy to say. -- How we are bound. -- News from Phoenix. -- Edge of rock. -- Manar of Hama. -- Salad lady. -- Coal bin. -- My Elizabeth. -- Oh, Lebanon. -- And what else? -- Stage directions for an extended conversation. -- Wedding night. -- Distances. -- Hair, prayer, and men. -- Ohio. -- Maryam and Marisa. -- It's not about that. -- Day at the beach. -- How I became my mother's daughter. -- Mariam. -- Sugar, in Amman. -- Lost in freakin' Yonkers. -- He had dreamed of returning. -- First snow. -- Fifty-foot woman. -- Lebanon-Detroit Express. -- American way.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Some gems submitted by emaelshaikh on August 25, 2022, 12:56pm next to some duds. Arab American fiction is a mixed bag
PUBLISHED
Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: xx, 404 p. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781557289124
1557289123
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Kaldas, Pauline, 1961-
Mattawa, Khaled.
Darraj, Susan Muaddi.
Alameddine, Rabih.
Mustafah, Sahar.
Ward, Patricia Sarrafian, 1969-
Geha, Joseph.
Munn, May Mansoor.
Kahf, Mohja, 1967-
Hage, Rawi.
Melhem, D. H.
Abu-Jaber, Diana.
Shakir, Evelyn, 1938-
El Guindi, Yussef.
El Kouri, Zahie.
Habra, Hedy.
Halaby, Laila.
Williams, David, 1953 June 18-
Serageldin, Samia.
Yunis, Alia.
Lalami, Laila, 1968-
Masri, Amal.
Jarrar, Randa.
Abraham, Nabeel.
Noble, Frances Khirallah.
SUBJECTS
American fiction -- Arab American authors.
American fiction -- 20th century.
American fiction -- 21st century.
Arab Americans -- Fiction.
Short stories, American.