Tag: fiction
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If an Egyptian cannot speak English
This novel follows an Egyptian meet cute – the young Egyptian-American woman moves to Cairo and the boy from Shobrakheit. Their complex ethnic identities developed a tense underbelly to their relationship and quickly became a power struggle.
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How to Throw a Chinese Funeral
Two days ago, I was lucky enough to see Jill Kwan’s ‘How to throw a Chinese Funeral.’ It was the story of four chinese women – a mother (Yoong Ru Heng), her two daughters (Ann An & Lisa Zhang) and her older sister (Janet Tan), who return home to Malaysia for the funeral of their…