The inheritance of exile : stories from South Philly / Susan Muaddi Darraj.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darraj, Susan Muaddi

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab American women--Fiction.

Arab American women.

Mothers and daughters--Fiction.

Mothers and daughters.

South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Fiction.

South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

x, 196 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2007]

Summary:

In The Inheritance of Exile, Susan Muaddi Darraj expertly weaves a tapestry of the events and struggles in the lives of four Arab-American women. Hanan, Nadia, Reema, and Aliyah search for a meaningful sense of home, caught in the cultural gap that exists between the Middle East and the United States. Daughters of Palestinian immigrants who have settled into South Philly, each struggles to reconcile her Arab identity with her American one. Muaddi Darraj adds the perspectives of the girls' mothers, presented in separate stories, which illuminate the often troubled relationship between first and second generations of immigrants.

Contents:

Nadia

Back to the Surface 3

The New World 15

Survivor 33

Aliyah

Aliyah's Fan 49

Reading Coffee Cups 56

An Afternoon in Jerusalem 67

Hanan

Preparing a Face 79

Sufficing 98

Costumes 105

The Journey Home 115

Reema

Chasing Valentino 169

Intervention 180

The Scent of Oranges 189.

ISBN:

9780268035037

0268035032

OCLC:

79861778