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Format: 283 Seiten

ISBN: 9781789559736

Content: " Longlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Marie Claire, Bustle, Real Simple, and Literary HubA Palestinian American woman wrestles with faith, loss, and identity before coming face-to-face with a school shooter in this searing debut.A uniquely American story told in powerful, evocative prose, The Beauty of Your Face navigates a country growing ever more divided. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter radicalized by the online alt-right attacks the school. As Afaf listens to his terrifying progress, we are swept back through her memories: the bigotry she faced as a child, her mother's dreams of returning to Palestine, and the devastating disappearance of her older sister that tore her family apart. Still, there is the sweetness of the music from her father's oud, and the hope and community Afaf finally finds in Islam. The Beauty of Your Face is a profound and poignant exploration of one woman's life in a nation at odds with its ideals, an emotionally rich novel that encourages us to reflect on our shared humanity. If others take the time to really see us, to look into our face, they will find something indelibly familiar, something achingly beautiful gazing back. "

Note: Englisch

Language: English

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Format: 300 Seiten

ISBN: 9781324003380

Content: " Longlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Marie Claire, Bustle, Real Simple, and Literary HubA Palestinian American woman wrestles with faith, loss, and identity before coming face-to-face with a school shooter in this searing debut.A uniquely American story told in powerful, evocative prose, The Beauty of Your Face navigates a country growing ever more divided. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter radicalized by the online alt-right attacks the school. As Afaf listens to his terrifying progress, we are swept back through her memories: the bigotry she faced as a child, her mother's dreams of returning to Palestine, and the devastating disappearance of her older sister that tore her family apart. Still, there is the sweetness of the music from her father's oud, and the hope and community Afaf finally finds in Islam. The Beauty of Your Face is a profound and poignant exploration of one woman's life in a nation at odds with its ideals, an emotionally rich novel that encourages us to reflect on our shared humanity. If others take the time to really see us, to look into our face, they will find something indelibly familiar, something achingly beautiful gazing back. "

Note: Englisch

Language: English

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Format: xx, 404 Seiten , 23 cm

Edition: Second edition

ISBN: 9781557289124 , 1557289123

Note: Bibliographie: Seite 401-404 , I. First generation: The new world , Airport , In-country , Easy to say , How we are bound , Edge of rock , Manar of Hama , Salad lady , Coal bin , My Elizabeth , And what else? , Stage directions for an extended conversation , The wedding night , Distances , Ohio , Maryam and Marisa , It's not about that , How I became my mother's daughter , Mariam , Sugar in Amman , He had dreamed of returning , First snow , The fifty-foot woman , The Lebanon-Detroit Express , The American way

Language: English

Subjects: American Studies

Keywords: USA ; Literatur ; Prosa ; Araber ; Anthologie

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: 298 Seiten

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 9781324003380

Content: "A Palestinian American woman wrestles with faith, loss, and identity before coming face- to- face with a school shooter in this searing debut. A uniquely American story told in powerful, evocative prose, The Beauty of Your Face navigates a country growing ever more divided. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter- radicalized by the online alt- right- attacks the school. As Afaf listens to his terrifying progress, we are swept back through her memories: the bigotry she faced as a child, her mother's dreams of returning to Palestine, and the devastating disappearance of her older sister that tore her family apart. Still, there is the sweetness of the music from her father's oud, and the hope and community Afaf finally finds in Islam. The Beauty of Your Face is a profound and poignant exploration of one woman's life in a nation at odds with its ideals"--

Language: English

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Format: xx, 404 p.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Note: 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.

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

URL: Click to View

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Format: 1 online resource (426 p.)

Edition: 2nd ed.

ISBN: 1-61075-126-4

Content: Pauline Kaldas is assistant professor of English and creative writing at Hollins University. She was born in Egypt and immigrated to the United States in 1969. She is the author of Letters from Cairo and Egyptian Compass.Khaled Mattawa, a 2014 MacArthur fellow, is associate professor Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was born in Libya and immigrated to the United States in 1979. He is the author of four books of poetry and a number of translations of contemporary Arab poetry. His work has won two Pushcart Prizes, a Guggenheim Fellowship,

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , 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. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-55728-912-3

Language: English