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carolynf's review
2.0
This book has a very misleading title. I had assumed that it would discuss the history of ALL Arab-Americans. However, the author chooses to deal exclusively with Arab-Americans of Syrian ancestry, since that is where his own family comes from. There is a very interesting story about a visit that he makes with his family to his grandfather's hometown, but it seemed out of place, since the rest of the book is pure history.
bodagirl's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting topic (especially Chapter 2, about the first Arab immigrants), but not the most engaging book. I feel like Orfalea was too close to his subject, though the amount of interviews he did with Arab Americans from across the country was impressive.
Popsugar Reading Challenge 2016 | Task 37: About a culture you are unfamiliar with
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