ISBN:
9781503633766
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Worlding the Middle East Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.89274056942092
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Frontispiece -- Contents -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Dabdoub Family Tree -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. Of a Land Called amerka, or How ammo Hanna was Saved by al-Khadr -- 2. Of the Hallowed Ridge, or How Jubrail Learned to Profit from Christmas -- 3. Of the Toils of Yousef and Rosa, or How the Bethlehemites Acquired their Names -- 4. In Which Bethlehem Gets a New Street -- 5. Of Unruly Markets and Underwater Ships -- 6. Of Sunken Eyes in a Casket, or How Bethlehem Came to Be Covered in Dust -- 7. Of Mechanical Wonders on near and Distant Shores -- Part II -- 8. In Search of Amerka -- 9. Of Troubles on the Trocadéro -- 10. Of the Decline of Hosh Dabdoub, or How Jubrail's Schooling Came in Useful -- 11. Of a Street Named Rosario -- 12. By the Truth of al-Khadr, I Went and Came Back! -- 13. Of White Cities and Bronze Medals -- 14. Of Fertility Potions and the Dizzying Heights of Success -- Part III -- 15. Of Weeping Icons, Ghostly Armies, and Visions of the Virgin -- 16. Of the Enchanted Palaces of Bethlehem -- 17. Of Hyenas, Serpents, and French Philanthropists -- 18. Of the Resurrection of Jubrail Dabdoub -- Epilogue -- Author's Commentary -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary of Arabic Terms -- Notes -- Series List.
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