The Hookah Girl

And Other True Stories

Marguerite Dabaie

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English

Rosarium Publishing
07 August 2018

Graphic novels; Gender studies: women

In this current political climate, being a Palestinian is a hazard. However, there are common grounds where East meets West.

The Hookah Girlis a semi-autobiographical graphic novel of a childhood as a Christian Palestinian in America. Told in short stories and with narrative ranging from growing up in a refugee family to how to roll waraq (stuffed grape leaves), this book is an account of living in two seemingly different cultures that actually aren't very different at all.

Marguerite Dabaieis a freelance illustrator and has worked with such organizations asSchool Library Journal,Mizna, and Just World Books, among others.

The Hookah Girl and Other True Storiesis her first major comic, and it was awarded two grants. She lives in New York City with her husband, Chris.

By: Marguerite Dabaie
Imprint: Rosarium Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 90g
ISBN: 9780998705927
ISBN 10: 0998705926
Pages: 100
Publication Date: 07 August 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marguerite Dabaie is a freelance illustrator and has worked with such organizations as School Library Journal, Mizna, and Just World Books, among others. The Hookah Girl and Other True Stories is her first major comic, and it was awarded two grants. She lives in New York City with her husband, Chris.

Reviews for The Hookah Girl: And Other True Stories

""Reading The Hookah Girl , I felt like I was sitting in Dabaie's childhood home, surrounded by family, home cooking, laughter and stories of their homeland. This is a book that, like its author, refuses to squeeze itself into a box: full of heartbreak and humor, history and pride. I'm so glad that this collection of comics in all their intricate, loving detail are finally available to a wider readership. It's about time."" Sarah Glidden, author of How to Understand Israel in 60 Days and Rolling Blackouts ""Through personal anecdotes, essays, and history lessons, the comix stories of The Hookah Girl confront the expectations thrust upon a young Palestinian-American woman. By turns serious and joyfulbut always honestlyDabaie adds a vital perspective to the ongoing conversation."" Josh Neufeld, author of A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge "" The Hookah Girl is a blast of honest, wry and raw humor from the heart and the brain of Marguerite Dabaie, who refuses to buy the official line on anything. Here is the straight scoop not just on being a young Arab woman in the West, but how to be in a society challenged, as never before, to reconcile its democratic ethos with its (now officially sanctioned) legacy of intolerance. Her art takes us to important and forbidden places ... and we are all enriched."" Steve Brodner, illustrator, caricaturist, and political commentator