Sindbad in America: Narrating the Self among Arab Americans

dc.contributor.author	el-Aswad, el-Sayed
dc.date.accessioned	2018-07-30T07:09:59Z
dc.date.available	2018-07-30T07:09:59Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.issn	1985-8647
dc.identifier.uri	https://journal.uob.edu.bh:443/handle/123456789/1355
dc.description.abstract	following 9/11, thus providing a platform for discussions and potential solutions. These views are examined within the perspectives of both Arab American writers, as represented here by Edward Said, and ordinary Arab immigrants of the Detroit metropolitan area. The paper analyzes their complex positioning and various alternatives that have been proposed and discussed by Arab-American intellectuals, especially Edward Said, as related to the experiences of ordinary immigrant Arab Muslims and non-Muslims, and particularly, as in this paper, Egyptian-Arab immigrants [Arab Americans, identity, travel/immigration, diaspora].	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Bahrain	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Migration
dc.subject	transnational identity
dc.subject	Sindbad
dc.subject	folk archetype
dc.subject	Sailor of the Arabian Nights
dc.title	Sindbad in America: Narrating the Self among Arab Americans	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.12785/JHS/20110110
dc.volume	2011
dc.issue	01
dc.abbreviatedsourcetitle	JHS