Dinarzad's children : an anthology of contemporary Arab American fiction /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Noble, Frances Khirallah, Yunis, Alia, Abraham, Nabeel, Mattawa, Khaled, Kaldas, Pauline, 1961-, Jarrar, Randa, Masri, Amal, Habra, Hedy, Lalami, Laila, 1968-, Serageldin, Samia, Williams, David, 1953 June 18-, El Guindi, Yussef, Halaby, Laila, El Kouri, Zahie, Geha, Joseph, Shakir, Evelyn, 1938-, Abu-Jaber, Diana, Melhem, D. H., Hage, Rawi, Kahf, Mohja, 1967-, Munn, May Mansoor, Ward, Patricia Sarrafian, 1969-, Mustafah, Sahar, Alameddine, Rabih, Darraj, Susan Muaddi
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2009.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Short stories, American. Arab Americans > Fiction. American fiction > 21st century. American fiction > 20th century. American fiction > Arab American authors. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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.