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Adding to the literature on multiculturalism, this collection of essays, poems, and recipes highlights some of the experiences and attitudes of North American women of Arab descent. The contributors share strong nationalist sentiments about their root countries (primarily Lebanon and Palestine), rail against the bigotry and ignorance encountered by their families in North America, and uniformly denounce the Gulf War. While they fondly refer to their "sittees" (grandmothers) as the conduits of their ethnic heritage, they give few details of the culture itself. Since most of the writers are Christian, there is a lack of a Muslim viewpoint. Readers inspired to learn more or to explore their own Arab roots will find valuable the last section on other source material and contact organizations. Because of its fresh perspective, this work is a worthwhile purchase for any library.
Rose Cichy, Osterhout Free Lib., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Rose Cichy, Osterhout Free Lib., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A TRIMUMPH FOR ARAB-AMERICAN WOMEN,
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As an Arab-American woman growing up in the United States, I found this book to be very refreshing. I noticed as a child in America that Arab women were either perceived as very docile and covered from head to toe or as whores that danced seductively for men only to have alternative plans to get ahead as in the case of the book One Thousand and One Arabian Nights which I read when I was younger. either way, Arab women were not seen in a good light by Western culture. This is a book that presents Arab women and women all over the world as thinking, intelligent, and talented beings that deserve a say on today's social issues and women in society in general. I actually went to a reading that featured the poets in the book as a way to promote the book in 1995 and found myself to be proud of who and what I am. I recommend this book to any women (or men) that are of Arab or Western decent. You will not be bored, that I can assure you. Thank you.
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This is an excellent anthology of arab-american feminist writings, each essay and poem discussing how it feels to be an Arab-American woman growing up in the US.As an Arab-American woman, I felt comforted and empowered by these writings.
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Olive trees in various parts of the Arab world date back thousands of years, and many still bear fruit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Middle Eastern, Gulf War, New York, Saudi Arabia, Los Angeles, Arabian Nights, Third World, West Bank, Meeting House, Lebanese Grandmother, North America, Tel Aviv, Carleton University, Chalked Out, Desert Storm, Saddam Hussein, South Lebanon, Battling Nationalisms, Camel Girl, Edward Said, New Country Daughter, South Africa, West Beirut, Western Armenia New!
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Olive trees in various parts of the Arab world date back thousands of years, and many still bear fruit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Middle Eastern, Gulf War, New York, Saudi Arabia, Los Angeles, Arabian Nights, Third World, West Bank, Meeting House, Lebanese Grandmother, North America, Tel Aviv, Carleton University, Chalked Out, Desert Storm, Saddam Hussein, South Lebanon, Battling Nationalisms, Camel Girl, Edward Said, New Country Daughter, South Africa, West Beirut, Western Armenia New!
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- Seeing Through the Media: The Persian Gulf War (Communications, Media, & Culture) by Susan Jeffords on page 125, and Back Matter
- Middle Eastern Muslim Women Speak by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Middle East in Crime Fiction: Mysteries, Spy Novels and Thrillers from 1916 to the 1980s by Reeva S. Simon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Writing With An Accent: Contemporary Italian American Women Authors by Edvige Giunta on page 27, page 95, and Back Matter
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- Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism Through Literature by Miriam Cooke in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Going Global : The Transnational Reception of Third World Women Writers (Wellesley Studies in Critical Theory, Literary History and Culture, Volume 27) by Amal Amireh on page 169, and page 171
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