Figs and fate
Subtitle: stories about growing up in the Arab world today
By: Elsa Marston.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: George Braziller
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Conduct of life -- Fiction; Coming of age -- Fiction; Short stories; Middle East -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction; Arab countries -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction; Middle East -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Arab countries -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.; Fiction; Juvenile fiction.
Description: A collection of five stories portraying Arab life in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, and Iraq today.
Table of contents: title: In line: a story from Egypt; title: Hand of Fatima: a story from Lebanon; title: Faces: a story from Syria; title: The plan: a story from a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon; title: Santa Claus in Baghdad: a story from Iraq.