Her First Palestinian (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781487010874)

Finalist for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

Elegant, surprising stories about Palestinian immigrants in Canada navigating their identities in circumstances that push them to the emotional brink.

Saeed Teebi's intense, engrossing stories plunge into the lives of characters grappling with their experiences as Palestinian immigrants to Canada. A doctor teaches his girlfriend about his country, only for her to fall into a consuming obsession with the Middle East conflict. A math professor risks his family's destruction by slandering the king of a despotic, oil-rich country. A university student invents an imaginary girlfriend to fit in with his callous, womanizing roommates. A lawyer takes on the impossible mission of becoming a body smuggler. A lonely widower travels to Russia in search of a movie starlet he met in his youth in historical Jaffa. A refugee who escaped violent circumstances rebels against the kindness of his sponsor. These taut and compelling stories engage the immigrant experience and reflect the Palestinian diaspora with grace and insight.

Author: Saeed Teebi
ISBN-10: 1487010877
ISBN-13: 9781487010874
Publisher: Astoria
Language: English
Published: 08/02/2022
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Shelf Awareness 08/05/2022
Booklist 08/01/2022 pg. 20