Shirley J. Adult Fiction Life in America for a Pakistani Family
The Beauty of Your Face by Sohar Mustafah 300 pages
This is the tale of a Palestinian family living in Chicago. WAhile her parents still hold to the old ways of their Palestinian culture, Afaf, her sister and brother are being brought up in two cultures, American at school and Palestinian at home. When her older sister goes missing it tears the family apart. Her mother is never the same aqain and her father tries toembrace Islam and coerce the remaining children in the household to do so, too. Afaf has tried to fit in at school to the point of going overboard with the boys until one day she too embraces Islam. Her life forever changes So many things happen even a shooting at the school she grows up to become principal of terrifying moments seen through her eyes. A good story with lots of twists and turns. I would recommend this to middle-schoolers on up. A good introduction to life in multi-cultural households and the religion of Islam.
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