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Al' America: Travels Through America's Arab and Islamic Roots
Contributor(s): Curiel, Jonathan (Author)

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ISBN: 1595583521     ISBN-13: 9781595583529
Publisher: New Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2008
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Annotation: From a "San Francisco Chronicle" journalist comes this lively, funny, and revealing look at the little known influence of Arab and Islamic culture on America.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Islamic Studies
- Social Science | Minority Studies
- History | United States - General
Dewey: 909.097
LCCN: 2008024217
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.58" W x 8.44" L (0.91 lbs) 246 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Arabic
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/08/2008 pg. 47
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2008 pg. 985
 
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Publisher Description:

Four out of ten Americans say they dislike Muslims, according to a Gallup poll. Muslims, a blogger wrote on the Web site Free Republic, don't belong in America. In a lively, funny, and revealing riposte to these sentiments, journalist Jonathan Curiel offers a fascinating tour through the little-known Islamic past, and present, of American culture.

From highbrow to pop, from lighthearted to profound, Al' America reveals the Islamic and Arab influences before our eyes, under our noses, and ringing in our ears. Curiel demonstrates that many of America's most celebrated places--including the Alamo in San Antonio, the French Quarter of New Orleans, and the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina--retain vestiges of Arab and Islamic culture. Likewise, some of America's most recognizable music--the Delta Blues, the surf sounds of Dick Dale, the rock and psychedelia of Jim Morrison and the Doors--is indebted to Arab music. And some of America's leading historical figures, from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Elvis Presley, relied on Arab or Muslim culture for intellectual sustenance.

Part travelogue, part cultural history, Al' America confirms a continuous pattern of give-and-take between America and the Arab Muslim world.


 
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