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• Annotation:
• Lebanon-born Toufic El Rassi chronicles his experience growing up Arab in America. From childhood through adolescence, and as an adult, El Rassi illustrates the prejudice and discrimination Arabs and Muslims experience in American society. -- publisher
• Creator:
• Author - Toufic El Rassi
• Publication Information:
• Last Gasp, San Francisco, CA, 2007
• Color or Black & White:
• 
• Genres:
• Biography
• Non-Fiction
• Bibliography Available:
• No
• Original Language:
• English
• Historical Topic/Event:
• Arab American
• Arab Americans--Ethnic identity
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
• Geographic Setting:
• United States
• Middle East
• Date Range:
• 1919 - 2006
• Tags:
• Arab, Muslim, Persian Gulf Wars, 9/11, Bin Laden, Taliban, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, terrorist, Oklahoma Bombing, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, racism, Islamophobia, racial identity
• Notes:
• El Rassi gives context to current world events, providing readers with an overview of the modern history of the Middle East, including the Gulf wars. He also examines the roles American films and news media play in creating negative stereotypes of Arab-Americans, showing how difficult it is to have an Arab identity in a society saturated with anti-Arab images and messages. -- Amazon
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