On an Airplane Headed to Nashville
Dr. Chmiel I am wordless. I finally finished your book. In one sitting, on an airplane headed to Nashville. I can’t believe I didn’t read it sooner. I wish I was more like Tanya, but…
Category: Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine
Clueless
Dear Layla Here in Nablus Jumana is an inviting, warm, and quiet presence Yesterday afternoon she said to me with resignation and calm in her eyes: “We know everything about America And Americans know nothing…
When Grades Are Everything
Dear Henry Once I had a student who was my age Shameeka Smith was in her second marriage Getting her BA And taking good care of herself She appreciated the class Because we wrote freely…
“I refuse to give academics more importance than being a human being responding to other human beings in need”
Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, where I read (with several SLU undergrads) from Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine for the Social Justice and Advocacy Series; Friday afternoon 30 October 2015 When Grades…
Gratitude/837
I’m grateful for friends who came to Sophia House to join me in reading chapters from and engaging in discussions on Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine on Saturday 24 October. Our local coordinator (My teacher) Murad (Half…
When Grades Are Less than Everything
Here is Lubna Alam reading a chapter from Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/229895438″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
Rant/2
Dear Layla Back home it’s common to hear people ask “Why Are They So Enraged?” It might have something to do With being unemployed for 17 months and five days, or With burying two children,…
Thesis 11, Still
One reader of an early draft of Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine Wrote me with characteristic candor: “Damn you! It fucking hurt to read this book And thank you! It was the final push I…
Message from Courtney Barrett on Manuscript of What Eventually Became “Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine”
“Reading your manuscript is like experiencing a tasting menu…lots of flavor, variety, surprises, intertwining themes and yet each chapter can stand alone…evoking a litany of emotions…leaving me satisfied and yet wanting more. May I suggest…
Reading and Signing of “Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine” on Saturday 24 October
Friends at Sophia House are hosting a book reading and signing of my recent novel, Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine. I and those present will take turns reading aloud a few of the short chapters…