{"product_id":"beyond-memory-an-anthology-of-contemporary-arab-american-creative-nonfiction-9781682261255","title":"Beyond Memory: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis anthology brings together the voices of both new and established Arab American writers in a compilation of creative nonfiction that reveals the stories of the Arab diaspora in styles that range from the traditional to the experimental. Writers from Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, and Syria explore issues related to politics, family, culture, and racism. Coming from different belief systems and cultures and including first- and second-generation immigrants as well as those whose identities encompass more than a single culture, these writers tell stories that speak to the complexity of the Arab American experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePauline Kaldas and Khaled Mattawa collaborate again to put together a wonderful anthology of creative nonfiction by Arab American authors. The depth and breadth of this anthology speak for the multiple facets of the Arab diaspora in the US, reflecting on the challenges of occupying multiple political and cultural landscapes and reconnecting the disconnection between US hegemonic policies in the Middle East and domestic US racial politics. The authors in this anthology, such as Rabih Alameddine, Iman Mersal, Elmaz Abinader, Matthew Shenoda, Mohja Kahf, and Joe Kadi, to name only a few, offer a thick description for the most intricate and intimate moments in their lives as children and as adults growing up in different countries, feeling estranged in both home country and host country.\" - Dalia Gomaa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElmaz Abinader | Pain Management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorge Abraham | in which you do not ask the state of israel to commit suicide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNabeel Abraham | On the Road with Bob: Peddling in the Early Sixties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRabih Alameddine | Comforting Myths: Notes from a Purveyor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHayan Charara | Going Places\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSafia Elhillo | at the intersection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoseph Geha | Where I’m From—\u003ci\u003eOriginally\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHadil Ghoneim | Baba and the Pontiac\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLayla Azmi Goushey | Profile of a Citizen: Generations Then and Now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTariq Al Haydar | Machine Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRanda Jarrar | Biblioclast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFady Joudah | Your Name Is on the List and Other Vignettes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoe Kadi | The Saving Grace of a Favorite Cousin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMohja Kahf | I Cannot Go to Syria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePauline Kaldas | From \u003ci\u003eLooking Both Ways\u003c\/i\u003e: Walking Home, To Walk Cautiously in the World, A Sense of Direction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaila Lalami | So to Speak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLisa Suhair Majaj | Journeys to Jerusalem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKhaled Mattawa | Repatriation: A Libya Memoir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIman Mersal | The Displaced Voice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilip Metres | The Paperless “Palestinian” and the Russian P’liceman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSusan Muaddi Darraj | Bint Al-Halal: Mosaic of an Arab American Girlhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye | One Village\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSteven Salaita | Why I Was Fired\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMathew Shenoda | Christopher Columbus Was A Damn Blasted Liar: On the Narrative of Discovery in Global Literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKamelya Omayma Youssef | Frayed Towel Made Holy: Prayer [Rug] for This Nonbeliever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Arkansas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042097856855,"sku":"9781682261255","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781682261255.jpg?v=1750952999","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-memory-an-anthology-of-contemporary-arab-american-creative-nonfiction-9781682261255","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}