5/13/2023 0 Comments Crescent by Diana Abu-JaberA timely introduction to the richness of Middle Eastern culture - especially as revealed in its food and its story-telling - and its vitality in America, Cresent is a romance as intelligent as it is sensuous, and a gripping tale of risk and commitment. Meanwhile, a host of magnificent characters do their best to interfere with her life, including her storytelling uncle, an admiring photographer, and her matchmaking boss. Falling in love with Hanif brings Sirine's whole heart to a boil - stirring up memories of her parents and questions about her own identity as an Arab American. She works as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, her passions aroused only by food - until an unbearably handsome Arabic literature professor starts dropping by for a little home cooking. "39 year old Sirine, never married, lives with a devoted uncle and an adoring dog named King Babar in the Persian and Arab-American community of Los Angeles. At the age of seven, she moved with her family for two years to Jordan. My novel CRESCENT picked for Arab-American Heritage month. Her father was Jordanian with a Palestinian Jerusalemite mother Diana's mother was American, descended from Irish and German roots. Wonderful chat today with MPR - Diana Abu-Jaber on family secrets and inheritance - Fencing. UNOPENED.ĬRESCENT Audio Book on Cassettes. Abu-Jaber was born in Syracuse, New York.
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