Teaching Arabs, Writing Self

By: Evelyn Shakir;

Language: English

Quality: Good

Genre: Autobiography - Biography,

ISBN: 9781566569248

SKU: BE500188838031

Pages: 170

Description: Evelyn Shakir's witty, wise, and beautifully written memoir explores her status as an Arab American woman, from the subtle bigotry she faced in Massachusetts as a second-generation Lebanese whose parents were not only foreign but eccentric, to the equally poignant blend of dislocation and homecoming she felt in Bahrain, Syria, and Lebanon, where she taught American literature to university students. As Sahkir explroes her own identity, she leads the reader to an appreciation of the richness and complexity of being Arab American (or any mixed heritage) in an increasingly small world.