Letters from Cairo

by Pauline Kaldas

When her husband is offered a six-month Fulbright grant to teach American literature at Cairo University, Pauline Kaldas embarks on a new journey--and an opportunity to return home. Born in Egypt, she immigrated with her parents to the United States when she was eight years old. Returning now with her own children, Kaldas writes from a perspective as an Arab American, straddling two homelands and two identities. Through a collection of letters,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815608543
• ISBN13: 9780815608547
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"