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001    ocn297405959 
003    OCoLC 
005    20091013172442.0 
008    090105s2009    nyua     b    001 0 eng   
010      2008055091 
020    9781416589723 
020    1416589724 
035    (OCoLC)297405959 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dYDX|dGPI 
043    n-us--- 
049    GPIA 
050 00 E184.A65|bM35 2009 
082 00 973/.04927|222 
100 1  Malek, Alia,|d1974- 
245 12 A country called Amreeka :|bArab roots, American stories /
       |cAlia Malek. 
250    First Free Press hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bFree Press,|c2009. 
300    xi, 305 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (page 269 - 290) and 
       index. 
520    This is the story of the last forty-plus years of American
       history, told through the eyes of Arab Americans. It 
       begins in 1963, before major federal legislative changes 
       seismically transformed the course of American immigration
       forever.  The narratives describe the human experiences of
       love, friendship, family, courage, hate and success.  
       These are the tales of an immigrant community becoming 
       American, the nostalgia for home, the alienation from a 
       society sometimes as intolerant as its laws are generous. 
650  0 Arab Americans|vCase studies. 
650  0 Arab Americans|xSocial conditions|vCase studies. 
650  0 Immigrants|zUnited States|vCase studies. 
994    02|bGPI