Dinarzad's children
Subtitle: an anthology of contemporary Arab American fiction
By: edited by Pauline Kaldas and Khaled Mattawa
Contributors: Darraj, Susan Muaddi; Alameddine, Rabih; Mustafah, Sahar; Ward, Patricia Sarrafian, 1969-; Geha, Joseph; Munn, May Mansoor; Kahf, Mohja, 1967-; Hage, Rawi; Melhem, D. H.; Abu-Jaber, Diana; Shakir, Evelyn, 1938-; Geha, Joseph; El Guindi, Yussef; El Kouri, Zahie; Habra, Hedy; Halaby, Laila; El Guindi, Yussef; Williams, David, 1953 June 18-; Serageldin, Samia; Yunis, Alia; Lalami, Laila, 1968-; Habra, Hedy; Masri, Amal; Jarrar, Randa; Abraham, Nabeel; Yunis, Alia; Noble, Frances Khirallah
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781557289124
Subjects: Arab American authors; American Short stories; American fiction; Arab Americans; Fiction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-404).
Table of contents: title: I. First generation: The new world / Susan Muaddi Darraj; title: Airport / Pauline Kaldas; title: In-country / Rabih Alameddine; title: Easy to say / Sahar Mustafah; title: How we are bound / Patricia Sarrafian Ward; II. Cross-cultural encounters: News from Phoenix / Joseph Geha; title: Edge of rock / May Mansoor Munn; title: Manar of Hama / Mohja Kahf; title: Salad lady / Rawi Hage; title: Coal bin / D.H. Melhem; title: My Elizabeth / Diana Abu-Jaber ; III. Relationships: Oh, Lebanon / Evelyn Shakir; title: And what else? / Joseph Geha; title: Stage directions for an extended conversation / Yussef El Guindi; title: The wedding night / Zahie El Kouri; title: Distances / Hedy Habra ; IV. Politics: Hair, prayer, and men / Laila Halaby; title: Ohio / Yussef El Guindi; title: Maryam and Marisa / David Williams; title: It's not about that / Samia Serageldin ; V. Looking homeward:  A day at the beach / Alia Yunis; title: How I became my mother's daughter / Laila Lalami; title: Mariam / Hedy Habra; title: Sugar in Amman / Amal Masri ; VI. Shaping identities:  Lost in freakin' Yonkers / Randa Jarrar; title: He had dreamed of returning / Pauline Kaldas; title: First snow / Khaled Mattawa; title: The fifty-foot woman / Nabeel Abraham; title: The Lebanon-Detroit Express / Alia Yunis; title: The American way / Frances Khirallah Noble.