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The history of Arab settlement in the United States stretches back nearly as far as the history of America itself. For the first time, Alia Malek brings this history to life. In each of eleven spellbinding chapters, she inhabits the voice and life of one Arab American, at one time-stopping historical moment. Separately, the chapters in A Country Called Amreeka transport us, together, they offer a vital piece of the mosaic of our American histo...

In their own words, the narrators of Patriot Acts recount their lives before the 9/11 attacks and their experiences of the backlash that have deeply altered their lives and communities.

In their own words, the narrators of Patriot Acts recount their lives before the 9/11 attacks and their experiences of the backlash that have deeply altered their lives and communities.

Nel 2011, poco dopo l'inizio della primavera araba, Alia Malek torna in Siria, il paese d'origine dei suoi genitori, che l'avevano lasciato prima che lei nascesse per trasferirsi in America e sfuggire così al regime di Assad. Nonostante le rivolte e la repressione, si respira ancora un clima di speranza, l'illusione di un cambiamento, tanto che Alia decide di restaurare la casa della nonna e restituirla al suo antico splendore. Questo libro è ...

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At the Arab Spring's hopeful start, Alia Malek returned to Damascus to reclaim her grandmother's apartment, which had been lost to her family since Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1970. Its loss was central to her parent's decision to make their lives in America. In chronicling the people who lived in the Tahaan building, past and present, Alia portrays the Syrians-the Muslims, Christians, Jews, Armenians, and Kurds-who worked, loved, and suff...

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