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Estima, Christine.
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Arabs -- Fiction.
Arab Canadians -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Canada -- Fiction.
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Estima, Christine.
Arabs -- Fiction.
Arab Canadians -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Canada -- Fiction.
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The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society /
Christine
Estima
.
by
Estima
,
Christine
.
House of Anansi Press, 2023.
Call #:
FICTION EST
Subjects
Arabs -- Fiction.
Arab Canadians -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Canada -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781487012335 (pbk.)
Description:
196 p. : genealogical table ; 18 cm.
Contents:
The castle of Montreal -- The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society -- Ortona -- Montreal awaits you -- The belly dancer -- The last cigarette -- Fairview Mall -- The power of the dog -- A degree of suffering is required -- Blink -- Rue Berri -- Your hands are blessed -- Mabrouk.
Summary:
Masterfully tracing the deep roots of the Arab immigrant experience, these interlocking stories follow an Arab family as they flee the Middle East in the 19th century, settle in Montreal in the 20th, and face the collision between tradition and modernity in the 21st. This family includes trailblazing Lebanese freedom fighters, undercover operatives in WWII, and brave Syrian refugees trying to find their place in Canadian society. This line of daring women culminates in Azurée. As a young Arab woman living in the wake of her family's histories, Azurée contends with all the meanings of her blood - ethnicity and lineage, sexuality and menstruation, pain and death.
Genre:
Short stories.
Linked stories.
Historical fiction.
Canadian fiction.
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