“ What about Danny Thomas?" Uncle Hal asks. "What happened to him?"Dead," Uncle Abdelhafiz says. "Nice Lebanese boy.""Never mind about Danny Thomas, look what happened to your whole family! Look at your… Diana Abu-Jaber
“ Dad says that everyone invented baklava.” It occurs to me now to wonder what that means. Aunt Aya rolls her eyes.“Your father? He is the worst of the worst. He thinks he cooks and eats Arabic food but… Diana Abu-Jaber
“ Who am I?" she snaps. "I am America, Israel, England! What am I doing?" She waits another long moment, her eyes shining. "I'm shutting up and listening." She draws the last word out so it hisses throu… Diana Abu-Jaber
“ Slavery has been outlawed in most arab countries for years now but there are villages in jordan made up entirely of descendants of runaway Saudi slaves. Abdulrahman knows he might be free, but hes sti… Diana Abu-Jaber
“ Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground Diana Abu-Jaber
“ Marry, don't marry,' Auntie Aya says as we unfold layers of dough to make an apple str Diana Abu-Jaber
