Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family by Najla Said

Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family

Najla Said

272 pages first pub 2013 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir politics challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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A frank and entertaining memoir, from the daughter of Edward Said, about growing up second-generation Arab American and struggling with that identity.The daughter of a prominent Palestinian father and a sophisticated Lebanese mother, Najla Said gr...

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Moods

reflective 93%
emotional 75%
informative 50%
sad 43%
challenging 31%
funny 31%
inspiring 25%
dark 18%
hopeful 18%
tense 12%
adventurous 6%
lighthearted 6%
relaxing 6%

Pace

medium 52%
fast 41%
slow 5%

Average rating

3.73

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