{"product_id":"how-does-it-feel-to-moustafa-bayoumi-9780143115410","title":"How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eBayoumi offers a revealing portrait of life for people who are often scrutinized but seldom heard from.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wholly intelligent and sensitively-drawn, \u003ci\u003eHow Does It Feel to Be a Problem?\u003c\/i\u003e is an important investigation into the hearts and minds of young Arab-Americans. This significant and eminently readable work breaks through preconceptions and delivers a fresh take on a unique and vital community. Moustafa Bayoumi's voice is refreshingly frank, personable, and true.\" \u003cb\u003e--Diana Abu-Jaber, author of \u003ci\u003eOrigin, Crescent\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Baklava\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn eye-opening look at how young Arab- and Muslim-Americans are forging lives for themselves in a country that often mistakes them for the enemy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Just over a century ago, W.E.B. Du Bois posed a probing question in his classic \u003ci\u003eThe Souls of Black Folk\u003c\/i\u003e How does it feel to be a problem? Now, Moustafa Bayoumi asks the same about America's new \"problem\"-Arab- and Muslim-Americans. Bayoumi takes readers into the lives of seven twenty-somethings living in Brooklyn, home to the largest Arab-American population in the United States. He moves beyond stereotypes and clich駸 to reveal their often unseen struggles, from being subjected to government surveillance to the indignities of workplace discrimination. Through it all, these young men and women persevere through triumphs and setbacks as they help weave the tapestry of a new society that is, at its heart, purely American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moustafa Bayoumi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143115413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143115410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.38w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/06\/2009 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/29\/2010 pg. 13","brand":"Moustafa Bayoumi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051639075071,"sku":"9780143115410","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93d37730-1977-4a82-890a-a5080f20b576.jpg?v=1685014284","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-does-it-feel-to-moustafa-bayoumi-9780143115410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}