When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun--a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four--chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. In the eerie days after the storm, he...
Arab Americans
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Author:Eggers, DaveSummary: - Author:Feldman, Jacquetta NammarSummary:
An Arab American girl named Yasmeen moves to San Antonio with her family and navigates finding friendship, and herself.
- Author:Boullata, Issa J.Summary:
Abdallah's encounter with the military governor on the eve of his departure for America opens this collection of stories, and Khalil al-Ibrahami's moving search for his lost fiancée in Jerusalem closes the collection. In...
- Author:Said, NajlaSummary:
A frank and entertaining memoir, from the daughter of Edward Said, about growing up second-generation Arab American and struggling with that identity. The daughter of a prominent Palestinian father and a sophisticated Lebanese mother,...
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Author:Warga, JasmineSummary:Getting to know your father after sixteen years of estrangement doesn't happen on one road trip. But as Tal spends more time with Julian and his family, she begins to untangle her parents' secret past, and discovers a part of herself...
- Author:Farizan, SaraSummary:
For most of high school, Bijan Majidi has flown under the radar. He gets good grades, reads comics, hangs out with his best friend, Sean, and secretly crushes on Elle, one of the most popular girls in his school. When he's called off...
- Author:Gorani, HalaSummary:
Emmy Award-winning international journalist Hala Gorani weaves stories from her time as a globe-trotting anchor and correspondent with her own lifelong search for identity as the daughter of Syrian immigrants. What is it like to have no...
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Author:Courtney, Nadine JolieSummary:Allie Abraham has it all going for her-she's a straight-A student with good friends and a close-knit family, and she's dating popular, sweet Wells Henderson. There's only one problem: Wells' father is Jack Henderson, America's most...
