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Over the last decade, humorous essays have been among the most widely read columns in Israel. He writes about fatherhood and marriage, the Jewish-Arab conflict, encounters with prejudice, his professional ambitions, and his love of literature. With an intimate tone fueled by deep-seated apprehension and a razor-sharp ironic wit, he has documented his own life as well as that of society at large–from instructing his daughter on when it’s appropriate to speak Arabic (everywhere, anytime, except at the entrance to a mall) to navigating security at Ben Gurion airport (in a Citroen that he’d bought especially for checkpoints: God in heaven, who ever saw an Arab driving a Citroen?) to opening a Facebook account during the Arab Spring (so that he wouldn’t miss the next revolution).
From these events of his everyday life, brings forth a series of brilliant, caustic, wry, and fearless reflections on social and cultural dynamics as experienced by someone who straddles two societies. Amusing and sincere, –a selection of his popular columns–is comprised of unrestrained, profoundly thoughtful personal dispatches.
Author: Sayed
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 02/14/2017
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780802126290
About the Author
Sayed is the author of the novels Dancing Arabs; Let It Be Morning, which was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; and Second Person Singular, winner of the prestigious Bernstein Prize. He is a columnist for Haaretz and the creator of the popular, prizewinning sitcom, Arab Labor.
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Book format
Paperback
Fiction/nonfiction
Non-Fiction
Genre
Literature & Fiction
Pub date
2017-02-14
