A review by qnawal97
Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family by Najla Said

3.0

I had such an in depth review that this stupid glitchy app deleted lol, but tldr; this was an ok book that perhaps meant more to the author than it does to the reader and also kind of made me feel less inspired by her father in the way that he has been made to be known by the Palestinian movement. It also sucks that much like the Arab world has a hierarchy of sorts, that hierarchy was ultimately reflected in this author’s own feelings about her identity with her feeling more proud of her Lebanese background and less inclined towards her Palestinian one but I guess thats makes sense since much like many people, she was never able to become close to it since she lost all ancestral ties to the region when her family left before the Nakba. Also, I think it can be a lot of pressure to be a daughter of such a prominent writer because then it unfortunately leads to increased scrutiny of your own work.