Dinarzad's Children(2nd Edition) An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction by PaulineKaldas, Khaled Mattawa Paperback, 380 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Arkansas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-912-4, ISBN: 1-55728-912-3
"The first edition of Dinarzad’s Children was a groundbreaking and popular anthology that brought to light the growing body of short fiction being written by Arab Americans. This expanded edition includes sixteen new stories thirty in alland new voices and is now organized into sections that invite readers to enter the stories from a variety of directions. Here are stories that reveal the initial adjustments of immigrants, the challe ..."
Beyond Memory(1st Edition) An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Creative Nonfiction by PaulineKaldas, Khaled Mattawa Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2020 by Univ Of Arkansas Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-68226-125-5, ISBN: 1-68226-125-5
"An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Creative Nonfiction Pauline
Kaldas, Khaled Mattawa. HAYAN CHARARA. Going. Places. On the morning of
September ... admission fee, and rode the elevator to. 5. 5. Hayan Charara-Going
Places."
Letters From Cairo (Arab American Writing) by PaulineKaldas Hardcover, 167 Pages, Published 2007 by Syracuse University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-0854-7, ISBN: 0-8156-0854-3
"When her husband is offered a six-month Fulbright grant to teach American literature at Cairo University, Pauline Kaldas embarks on a new journey - and an opportunity to return home. A native of Egypt, she immigrated with her parents to the United States when she was eight years old. Returning now with her own children Kaldas writes from her perspective as an Arab American, straddling two homelands and two identities. Through a colorful ..."
The Measure of Distance An Immigrant Novel by PaulineKaldas Paperback, 230 Pages, Published 2023 by University Of Arkansas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-68226-235-1, ISBN: 1-68226-235-9
"... Farid said , raising his head but not directing his gaze at Hafez . " you weren't here , ya farid . you didn't sit with us in the dark every night waiting for a bomb to be dropped , and you weren't here when we heard how many men lost ..."
"Author's Note I express my greatest appreciation and respect to T. J. Anderson III
from whom I have learned the most about poetry and who has had the greatest
impact on my work. As my harshest critic, he pushed me to go further with poetry
..."
Beyond Memory An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Creative Nonfiction (Hardback) by PaulineKaldas Hardcover, Published 2020 by University Of Arkansas Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-68226-130-9, ISBN: 1-68226-130-1
Looking Both Ways An Egyptian-American Journey by PaulineKaldas Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2017 by Cune Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61457-198-8, ISBN: 1-61457-198-8
"These essays traverse time and space, beginning in Egypt and crossing the ocean to follow the author and the challenges of adapting to a new culture."
The Time between Places Stories That Weave In and Out of Egypt and America by PaulineKaldas Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Arkansas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-924-7, ISBN: 1-55728-924-7
"This collection of twenty stories delves into the lives of Egyptian characters, from those living in Egypt to those who have immigrated to the United States. With subtle and eloquent prose, the complexities of these characters are revealed, opening a door into their intimate struggles with identity and place. We meet people who are tempted by the possibilities of America and others who are tempted by the desire to return home. Some are ..."
Dinarzad's Children(1st Edition) An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American FictionAn Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction by PaulineKaldas, Khaled Mattawa Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2004 by University Of Arkansas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-781-6, ISBN: 1-55728-781-3
"In The Thousand and One Nights it is ShahrazadÂ's sister, Dinarzad, who each night asks for a story. This collection of twenty-four modern tales by eighteen authors offers up a mix of previously published and new works, creating a literary road map to Arab American literature today.Here authors of Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian, Egyptian, and Libyan descent, some with established reputations, others new young writers, tell tales about M ..."
"This collection of twenty stories delves into the lives of Egyptian characters, from those living in Egypt to those who have immigrated to the United States. With subtle and eloquent prose, the complexities of these characters are revealed, opening a door into their intimate struggles with identity and place. We meet people who are tempted by the possibilities of America and others who are tempted by the desire to return home. Some are ..."
Beyond Memory An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Creative Nonfiction by PaulineKaldas, Khaled Mattawa 250 Pages, Published 2020 by University Of Arkansas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61075-684-6, ISBN: 1-61075-684-3
"A selection of Mersal's poetry, entitled These Are Not Oranges, My Love,
translated by the poet Khaled Mattawa, was ... 2020), The Sound of Listening (
2018), Sand Opera (2015), I Burned at the Feast: Selected Poems of Arseny
Tarkovsky (2015), and others. ... SUSAN MUADDIDARRAJ's A Curious Land:
Stories from Home won an American Book Award in 2016. ... He lives outside of
Washington DC."
Dinarzad's Children An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction by PaulineKaldas, Khaled Mattawa 404 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Arkansas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61075-126-1, ISBN: 1-61075-126-4
""Fareedah — my ... his mother." Without looking at her, Mahmoud described that
day his first wife had succumbed to the cancer that "ate up her insides." He spoke
the entire time in a level voice that gradually dropped with each additional detail
he disclosed to Shireen. She sat perplexed; he had never once mentioned her by
name, and now the ghost seemed to gain flesh and bone, joining them at the
table like a vague acquaintance. "S ..."
The Measure of Distance An Immigrant Novel by PaulineKaldas 230 Pages, Published 2023 by University Of Arkansas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61075-800-0, ISBN: 1-61075-800-5
"Alternating between tales of those who migrate and those who stay, this expansive novel follows its characters as they determine the course of their lives, often choosing one uncertainty over another as they migrate to new lands or plant ..."
The Time Between Places Stories That Weave In and Out of Egypt and America by PaulineKaldas 425 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Arkansas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61075-419-4, ISBN: 1-61075-419-0
"This collection of twenty stories delves into the lives of Egyptian characters, from those living in Egypt to those who have immigrated to the United States."
"Organized around a series of writing prompts and discussions of literary readings that address identity, place, perception, family, community, encounters, inheritance, and resistance, this book offers both writers and teachers a way to ..."