| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
xx, 404 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-404). |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- Arab American authors.
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American fiction -- 20th century.
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American fiction -- 21st century.
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Arab Americans -- Fiction.
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Short stories, American.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kaldas, Pauline, 1961-
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Mattawa, Khaled.
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Darraj, Susan Muaddi.
New world.
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Kaldas, Pauline, 1961-
Airport.
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Alameddine, Rabih.
In-country.
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Mustafah, Sahar.
Easy to say.
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Ward, Patricia Sarrafian, 1969-
How we are bound.
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Geha, Joseph.
News from Phoenix.
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Munn, May Mansoor.
Edge of rock.
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Kahf, Mohja, 1967-
Manar of Hama.
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Hage, Rawi.
Salad lady.
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Melhem, D. H.
Coal bin.
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Abu-Jaber, Diana.
My Elizabeth.
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Shakir, Evelyn, 1938-
Oh, Lebanon.
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Geha, Joseph.
And what else?
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El Guindi, Yussef.
Stage directions for an extended conversation.
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El Kouri, Zahie.
Wedding night.
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Habra, Hedy.
Distances.
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Halaby, Laila.
Hair, prayer, and men.
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El Guindi, Yussef.
Ohio.
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Williams, David, 1953 June 18-
Maryam and Marisa.
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Serageldin, Samia.
It's not about that.
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Yunis, Alia.
Day at the beach.
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Lalami, Laila, 1968-
How I became my mother's daughter.
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Habra, Hedy.
Mariam.
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Masri, Amal.
Sugar, in Amman.
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Jarrar, Randa.
Lost in freakin' Yonkers.
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Kaldas, Pauline, 1961-
He had dreamed of returning.
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Mattawa, Khaled.
First snow.
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Abraham, Nabeel.
Fifty-foot woman.
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Yunis, Alia.
Lebanon-Detroit Express.
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Noble, Frances Khirallah.
American way.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781557289124 (pbk.) |
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9781610751261 (electronic bk.) |
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