Bint Arab: Arab and Arab American Women in the United States

From: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Date: February 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Bint Arab: Arab and Arab American Women in the United States

Through a collection of lively interviews and stories, Evelyn Shakir tells the story of Arab and Arab-American women in the United States in her book, Bint Arab. She begins with the wave of immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and continues her exploration of important issues facing Arabs and Arab Americans to the present day. She employs the experiences she relates to address the cultural and social differences which separate the United States and the Arab world.

Shakir contends that there exists a great gap in the ...

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