"A Study Guide for Diana Abu-Jaber's ""Arabian Jazz"", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; char

Balances are struck in this luminous first novel-between two radically distinct cultures, between obligation and self-will, between past and future, between hil

Diana Abu-Jaber’s vibrant, humorous memoir weaves together delicious food memories that illuminate the two cultures of her childhood—American and Jordanian.

"Finally, a novel of literary suspense that gets almost everything right—forensically and psychologically." —Sarah Weinman, Baltimore Sun Secretly, in her h

“A full-course meal, a rich, complex and memorable story that will leave you lingering gratefully at [Abu-Jaber’s] table.”—Ron Charles, Washington Post