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Raised in a conservative and emotionally volatile Palestinian family in Brooklyn, Yara thought she would finally feel free when she married a charming entrepreneur who took her to the suburbs. She's gotten to follow her dreams, completing an undergraduate degree in Art and landing a good job at the local college. As a traditional wife, she also raises their two school-aged daughters, takes care of the house, and has dinner ready when her husband gets...
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2024 FPPL Arab American Heritage Month
Adult - Arab American Heritage Month
Arab American Heritage 2023
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Adult - Arab American Heritage Month
Arab American Heritage 2023
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"Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children -- four daughters...
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Portuguese
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Yara conquistou um mundo, mas não a si mesma. Criada em uma família palestina conservadora e emocionalmente volátil no Brooklyn, Estados Unidos, Yara acreditava que finalmente seria livre ao se casar com Fadi, um encantador empresário. No começo, tudo parecia a realização de um sonho: ela concluiu uma graduação em Artes e conseguiu um bom emprego na faculdade local. Mas ainda precisava desempenhar o papel de esposa tradicional: cuidar da...
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Portuguese
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Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of Arab culture in this heart-wrenching story of love, intrigue and courage.
Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn....
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Polish
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"Pamiętaj, że nie jesteś mężczyzną" Etaf Rum to książka dowodząca, że los kobiet w krajach muzułmańskich to temat, którego pisarze jeszcze długo nie będą w stanie wyczerpać. Poruszająca historia dwóch kobiet ukazuje klisze kulturowe, które mają ogromny wpływ na ich życie. Powieść rozgrywa się dwutorowo. Czytelnik poznaje siedemnastoletnią Isrę, która żyje w Palestynie. Jest rok 1990, a dziewczyna woli spędzać czas...
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English
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Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children--four daughters instead...