READ: Crescent, Part 2, Chapters 28-End, pp. 308-395 plus the interview with Andrea Shalal-Esa at the end of the novel.
Wednesday: Guestspeaker: Andrea Shalal,
Reuters-Thompson, Washington, DC
Poetry by Arab-Americans: Naomi Shihab-Nye, Nathalie Handal, Khaled Mattawa,
and more
Blog Entry 5: In an interview with Andrea Shalal-Esa, Abu-Jaber said “... food is such a great human connecter, it’s so intimate. ... Let the food be a metaphor for their experiences.” What does Abu-Jaber mean by that? Write a reflection about the role of food in the novel. OR Write a reflectio0n on one the following topics: Political issues raised in the book; images of the Arab-American community in LA; gender issues; role of exile; relationship between main and frame story; Arabic words, their meaning and role in the book; role of rituals in the book. Your entry MUST be at least 300 words in length. Add a word count at the end of your entry. Blog is due on Wednesday, March 5 by midnight.
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