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Ḥakkākiyān, Ruʾyā
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Ḥakkākiyān, Ruʾyā.
Refugees, Iranian.
Immigrants -- United States -- Cultural assimilation.
United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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Ḥakkākiyān, Ruʾyā
Ḥakkākiyān, Ruʾyā.
Refugees, Iranian.
Immigrants -- United States -- Cultural assimilation.
United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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A beginner's guide to America : for the immigrant and the curious / Roya Hakakian.
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Ḥakkākiyān, Ruʾyā
Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Call #:
305
.906912
H155b
Subjects
Ḥakkākiyān, Ruʾyā.
Refugees, Iranian.
Immigrants -- United States -- Cultural assimilation.
United States -- Emigration and immigration.
ISBN:
9780525656067 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xv, 222 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"Into the maelstrom of unprecedented contemporary debates about immigrants in the United States, this perfectly timed book gives us a portrait of what the new immigrant experience in America is really like. Written as a "guide" for the newly arrived, and providing practical information and advice, Roya Hakakian, an immigrant herself, reveals what those who settle here love about the country, what they miss about their homes, the cruelty of some Americans, and the unceasing generosity of others. She captures the texture of life in a new place in all its complexity, laying bare both its beauty and its darkness as she discusses race, sex, love, death, consumerism, and what it is like to be from a country that is in America's crosshairs. Her tenderly perceptive and surprisingly humorous account invites us to see ourselves as we appear to others, making it possible for us to rediscover our many American gifts through the perspective of the outsider."--From publisher.
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