{"id":50193,"date":"2023-01-05T12:12:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T17:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=50193"},"modified":"2023-01-03T11:15:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T16:15:19","slug":"mother-of-strangers-by-suad-amiry-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/mother-of-strangers-by-suad-amiry-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother of Strangers by Suad Amiry [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49909\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/Mother-of-Strangers-Suad-Amiry-BookDragon-1-541x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/Mother-of-Strangers-Suad-Amiry-BookDragon-1-541x800.jpg 541w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/Mother-of-Strangers-Suad-Amiry-BookDragon-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/>Egyptian American actor Amin El Gamal and Palestinian American actor\/writer\/director Lameece Issaq reunite here as hopeful lovers: 15-year-old Subhi, a prodigious mechanic, and 13-year-old village girl Shams. Palestinian writer\/architect Suad Amiry, acclaimed for her memoirs and other nonfiction, debuts her first novel, inspired by the real life of a kind cabdriver\u2019s aunt.<\/p>\n<p>Subhi and Shams\u2019 story begins in 1947 Jaffa, a prosperous port city famous enough for its hospitality to earn the nickname \u201cmother of strangers.\u201d Subhi miraculously repairs an irrigation system, earning him a custom-made English suit as payment from the orange grove\u2019s wealthy owner; this fuels Subhi\u2019s hopes of a wedding to Shams. But too soon, powerful leaders incite irreparable destruction: Britain withdraws after cleaving Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. The lovers\u2019 loss and separation prove inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>El Gamal\u2019s Subhi is full of youthful ardor, transforming quickly to frustration, shock, and rage; the surprised initial joys of Issaq\u2019s Shams morph into premature fear and anguish. The narrating duo\u2019s overlapping cultural heritage adds fluency and empathy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Mother-of-Strangers-\/pid=9768957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers:<\/strong> Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian American actor Amin El Gamal and Palestinian American actor\/writer\/director Lameece Issaq reunite here as hopeful lovers: 15-year-old Subhi, a prodigious mechanic, and 13-year-old village girl Shams. 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