| Description |
290, 10 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes a Penguin readers guide. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Rasha --- Sami --- Yasmin --- Akram --- Lina --- Omar --- Rami. |
| Summary |
The story of how young Arab and Muslim Americans are forging lives for themselves in a country that often mistakes them for the enemy. Just over a century ago, W.E.B. Du Bois posed a probing question in his classic The Souls of Black Folk: How does it feel to be a problem? Now, Moustafa Bayoumi asks the same about America's new "problem"--Arab- and Muslim-Americans. Bayoumi takes readers into the lives of seven twenty-somethings living in Brooklyn, home to the largest Arab-American population in the United States. He moves beyond stereotypes and clichés to reveal their often unseen struggles, from being subjected to government surveillance to the indignities of workplace discrimination. Through it all, these young men and women persevere through triumphs and setbacks as they help weave the tapestry of a new society that is, at its heart, purely American. -- Publisher Description. |
| Subject |
Arab American youth -- Interviews.
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Arab American youth. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Subject |
Arab American youth -- Race identity.
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Arab American youth -- Psychology.
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Psychology. |
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Arab Americans -- Social conditions.
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Arab Americans -- Social conditions. |
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Arab Americans. |
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Race awareness -- United States.
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Race awareness. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Bayoumi, Moustafa.
Penguin readers guide to How does it feel to be a problem?
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| Added Title |
Being young and Arab in America |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Bayoumi, Moustafa. How does it feel to be a problem? New York : Penguin Books, 2009 (OCoLC)737638985 |
| ISBN |
9780143115410 (paperback) |
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0143115413 (paperback) |
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9781594201769 |
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1594201765 |
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