{"product_id":"back-where-i-came-from-on-culture-identity-and-home-paperback","title":"Back Where I Came from: On Culture, Identity, and Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTaslim Jaffer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eOmar Mouallem\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this collection of personal essays, twenty-six writers from across North America share journeys back to their motherlands as visitors. Set against mountainous terrain, tropical beaches, bustling cities, and remote villages, these narratives weave socio-political commentary with writers' reflections on who they are, where they belong, and what \"home\" means to them. The result is a vulnerable, humorous, and insightful exploration of meanings and contradictions, beginning a conversation waiting to be had by the growing population of first- and second-generation Canadians and Americans, who will find themselves within these pages. Navigating the intricacies of hyphenated identities with nuanced stories of heritage and a redefined sense of home, the essays in Back Where I Came From: On Culture, Identity, and Home open a door to places around the globe--and within ourselves. With contributions by Omar El Akkad, Nadine Araksi, Ofelia Brooks, Esmeralda Cabral, June Chua, Seema Dhawan, Krista Eide, Eufemia Fantetti, Ayesha Habib, Christina Hoag, Mariam Ibrahim, Taslim Jaffer, Vesna Jaksic Lowe, Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon, Omar Mouallem, Dimitri Nasrallah, Lishai Peel, Omar Reyes, Mahta Riazi, Steven Sandor, Angelo Santos, Alison Tedford Seaweed, Makda Teshome, Nhung N. Tran-Davies, Alexandra C. Yeboah, and Hannah Zalaa-Uul. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTASLIM JAFFER\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, editor, and writing instructor with an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from University of King's College. Her bylines include \u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsparagus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWestCoast Families\u003c\/i\u003e, CBC British Columbia, Peace Arch News, Unearth Women, and more. She is the winner of the 2022 Creative Nonfiction Contest from the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society and Humber Literary Review, and recipient of a 2021 Silver Canadian Online Publishing Award. Jaffer has been a keynote speaker on diversity and interfaith topics on a variety of stages and teaches creative nonfiction and expressive writing in community and rehabilitative settings. She is working on a debut collection of literary essays and lives in Surrey, B.C. with her husband and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOMAR MOUALLEM \u003c\/b\u003eis an author, filmmaker, and educator. His journalism has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, WIRED, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. His book \u003ci\u003ePraying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2022 Wilfred Eggelston Nonfiction Award and was named one of the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 best books of 2021. His documentary \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLebanese Burger Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e, which documents the unlikely link between fast-food and Lebanese immigrants, won the 2023 Audience Choice for Best Doc at Northwest International Documentary Festival. He also teaches creative nonfiction at the University of King's College and is the \"fake dean\" of Pandemic University School of Writing, a virtual school he founded in support of writers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. He lives in Edmonton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52773563334989,"sku":"9781771669177","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/MhAh7XL7rS9781771669177.webp?v=1763131892","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/back-where-i-came-from-on-culture-identity-and-home-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}