04309nam a2200745 a 4500 ebr10503154 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100921s2009 aru sb s000 1 eng d 2010513066 9781557289124 (pbk.) 9781610751261 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)769187852 PS647.A72 D56 2009eb 813/.010892705 22 Dinarzad's children [electronic resource] : an anthology of contemporary Arab American fiction / edited by Pauline Kaldas and Khaled Mattawa. 2nd ed. Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2009. xx, 404 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-404). 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. American fiction Arab American authors. American fiction 20th century. American fiction 21st century. Arab Americans Fiction. Short stories, American. Electronic books. local Kaldas, Pauline, 1961- Mattawa, Khaled. Darraj, Susan Muaddi. New world. Kaldas, Pauline, 1961- Airport. Alameddine, Rabih. In-country. Mustafah, Sahar. Easy to say. Ward, Patricia Sarrafian, 1969- How we are bound. Geha, Joseph. News from Phoenix. Munn, May Mansoor. Edge of rock. Kahf, Mohja, 1967- Manar of Hama. Hage, Rawi. Salad lady. Melhem, D. H. Coal bin. Abu-Jaber, Diana. My Elizabeth. Shakir, Evelyn, 1938- Oh, Lebanon. Geha, Joseph. And what else? El Guindi, Yussef. Stage directions for an extended conversation. El Kouri, Zahie. Wedding night. Habra, Hedy. Distances. Halaby, Laila. Hair, prayer, and men. El Guindi, Yussef. Ohio. Williams, David, 1953 June 18- Maryam and Marisa. Serageldin, Samia. It's not about that. Yunis, Alia. Day at the beach. Lalami, Laila, 1968- How I became my mother's daughter. Habra, Hedy. Mariam. Masri, Amal. Sugar, in Amman. Jarrar, Randa. Lost in freakin' Yonkers. Kaldas, Pauline, 1961- He had dreamed of returning. Mattawa, Khaled. First snow. Abraham, Nabeel. Fifty-foot woman. Yunis, Alia. Lebanon-Detroit Express. Noble, Frances Khirallah. American way. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10503154 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 215337 215337