![]() ![]() ![]() On the other hand, Hanif reflects on his days in Iraq and struggles to fit in Los Angeles. On one hand, Sirine contemplates her cultural identity, the idea of love, the role of religion and the purpose of the stories. Sirine’s and Hanif’s inextricable pasts are what make the story intriguing. Sirine is a chef in a Lebanese restaurant specialized in Middle Eastern cuisine where Arab students come together for a taste of home and where the captivating refugee and Arabic literature professor from Baghdad stops by. Thirty-nine year old Iraqi-American Sirine, who has never been married, lives with her devout Iraqi-immigrant uncle and her dog King Barbar. The novel is divided into two parts with thirty-two chapters. Their encounter will spike things up and stir up memories of Sirine’s parents and questions about her identity as an Arab-American. This multilayered love story puts together a green-eyed thirty nine year old chef Sirine and Hanif, an exiled, good-looking Near Eastern Studies professor. Our book recommendation of the month is Diana Abu-Jaber’s Crescent, an award winning fiction and romance novel, set in the Arab-American community of Los Angeles. ![]()
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