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Crescent
- By: Diana Abu-Jaber
- Narrated by: Nike Doukas, Marcelo Tubert
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26
Half-Iraqi, half-American Sirine is a cook at Nadia's Cafe, which draws the neighborhood's Arab students, expatriates, and exiles. All are hungry for "real true Arab food" and connection to their homes. One is Hanif Al Eyad, a new hire in the Near Eastern Studies Department at the university who fled Iraq as a young man. Sirine and Han fall in love over food: a baklava they make together, delicate lamb dishes, hummus glistening with olive oil....
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Crescent
- By Fran on 06-11-04
- Crescent
- By: Diana Abu-Jaber
- Narrated by: Nike Doukas, Marcelo Tubert
Crescent
Reviewed: 08-17-20
Loved this book, it definitely gives a different point of view on Arab tradition, religion, and humans in general. It sheds light on the terror we all as humans face and feel during wars. We maybe different in a lot of aspects but we all have people we love and care for we all have common fears and overall we all have faith, hopes, and aspire for better. our nations are divided by powerful people who disagree on certain things politically but at the end of the day those in powers aren't the ones who suffer the loss of military family members or forced civilians fighting a war thats not thiers. Breaking bread unites people from all places in the world, its one of humans most basic needs and food is also a comforting common element we all share and this book illustrates this perfectly.
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