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She received a ba in english and creative writing from the state university of new york at oswego, an ma in english. The source text st is diana abujabers novel crescent 2003 and the target text tt is its arabic rendition alhilal translated by fouad srouji, a freelance translator and editor. San francisco chroniclesirine, the heroine of this deliciously romantic romp. I finally picked this one up since its on the pile of the books ive owned the longest more than six years of being schlepped from house to house. Politics of the exotic in diana abujabers crescent. Online library birds of paradise diana abu jaber birds of paradise diana abu jaber. Diana abujaber couldnt have imagined that wed be reading her lush romance about lonely iraqis by the light of baghdad burning. She divides her time between fort lauderdale, florida, and. Diana abujaber is the author of crescent, arabian jazz, and the language of baklava. She divides her time between fort lauderdale, florida, and portland, oregon. Abujaber arabian jazz weaves the story of a love affair between a comely chef and a handsome, haunted near eastern studies professor together with a. Diana abujaber is the author of crescent, which was awarded the 2004 pen center usa award for literary fiction and the before columbus foundations american book award and was named one of the twenty best novels of 2003 by the. A romance in irangeles diana abujabers book, crescent, weaves fragrant cooking, romance and the horrors of saddam hussein into her novel of middleeastern immigrants and exiles in.
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