Zein, Farhan, Rayya and their circle are migrants of the fifties, yearning for both their future and their past. Their children, Salah, Rima, Hussein and their friends are young Australians with a distinctive voice and place, succeeding or failing in the clash between generations, struggling for independence in the face of their parents hopes and dreams. Abdal-Rahman is an Iraqi refugee who has lost everything. And Ali, Ahmad, Akram and Yusuf are children in Palestine and Baghdad who have no future but whose stories soar. Mahjar is about lives, journeys and stories, about exile and the experiences that push people to new homelands. Through interwoven stories and fables, it evokes Australia s intimate connection with the Middle East. as well as the joys of living in a new land.
- ISBN10 1283920794
- ISBN13 9781283920797
- Publish Date 1 January 2003
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 25 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Allen & Unwin Academic
- Format eBook
- Pages 178
- Language English