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Author:

Qashu, Sayed, 1975- author.

Title:

Native : dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian life / Sayed Kashua ; translated form the Hebrew by Ralph Mandel.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Grove Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xii, 289 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Qashu, Sayed,--1975-
Palestinian Arabs--Israel.
Israel--Social life and customs.
Hebrew wit and humor.
Israeli wit and humor.
Jewish-Arab relations.
Newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.
Israel--Social conditions--21st century.

Other Authors:

Mandel, Ralph, translator.

Other Titles:

Ben haaretz. English.
Columns from: Arets (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Notes:

A collection of the author's newspapers columns from the Israeli paper Haaretz.

Contents:

Part I. Warning signs (2006-2007). Warning sings ; High tech ; Head start ; I, the jury ; Happy birthday ; Holiday in Tel Aviv ; I stand accused ; Unseamly ; Happy holiday ; Instead of a story ; Stage fright ; Do you love me? ; Nouveau riche ; My investment advice ; A room of my own ; The next big thing ; Yes, I don't want to ; The bicycle ; Vox populi -- Part II. Foreign passports (2008-2010). Foreign passports ; Sayed's theater ; Rabbit monster ; Home again ; New deal ; Taking notice ; Land of unlimited possibilities ; Good morning, Israel ; Superman and me ; Bar-side banter ; Cry me a river ; Kashua's complaint -- Part III. Antihero (2010-2012). Antihero ; Castles in the air ; The Writers Festival ; Meet the author ; Night conversation ; The bypass ; Good-bye, Dad ; That burning feeling ; A friend in need ; Pilgrim's progress ; Dishing it out ; A lesson in Arabic ; Holy work ; Car noir ; The bigger picture ; And then the police arrived ; What's in a name? ; Loving one's son just as nature made him- uncircumcised ; Still small voices in the night ; Homework ; Dutch treat. Or not. -- Part IV. The stories that I don't dare tell (2012-2014). The stories that I don't dare tell ; Pride and prejudice ; Splash back ; The heavens will weep ; Without parents ; Love therapist ; Bibi does ; Old man ; Quest for another homeland ; The court! ; Electricity in the air ; Is there a future? ; An open letter from the piece of shrapnel in the rear end of an IDF soldier ; A revolutionary peace plan ; America ; Good-bye cigarettes, hello yoga ; Farewell.

Summary:

A collection of interrelated essays by the Arab-Israeli satirical columnist captures the nuances of everyday family life in modern Jerusalem, detailing his experiences with racism, marriage, parenthood, Jewish-Arab conflicts, professional ambition and world traveling. --Publisher's description.

ISBN:

0802124550
9780802124555

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)