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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781946003321

Titolo

Dinarzad's children [[electronic resource] ] : an anthology of contemporary Arab American fiction / / edited by Pauline Kaldas and Khaled Mattawa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2009

ISBN

1-61075-126-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KaldasPauline <1961->

MattawaKhaled

DarrajSusan Muaddi

AlameddineRabih

MustafahSahar

WardPatricia Sarrafian <1969->

GehaJoseph

MunnMay Mansoor

KahfMohja <1967->

HageRawi

MelhemD. H

Abu-JaberDiana

ShakirEvelyn <1938->

El GuindiYussef

El KouriZahie

HabraHedy

HalabyLaila

WilliamsDavid <1953 June 18->

SerageldinSamia

YunisAlia

LalamiLaila <1968->

MasriAmal

JarrarRanda

AbrahamNabeel

NobleFrances Khirallah

Disciplina

813/.010892705

Soggetti

American fiction - Arab American authors

American fiction - 20th century

American fiction - 21st century

Arab Americans

Short stories, American



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-404).

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Pauline Kaldas is assistant professor of English and creative writing at Hollins University. She was born in Egypt and immigrated to the United States in 1969. She is the author of Letters from Cairo and Egyptian Compass.Khaled Mattawa, a 2014 MacArthur fellow, is associate professor Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was born in Libya and immigrated to the United States in 1979. He is the author of four books of poetry and a number of translations of contemporary Arab poetry. His work has won two Pushcart Prizes, a Guggenheim Fellowship,