Looking For Palestine, a book by Najla Said, explores themes of race/ethnicity, economic status, and patriotism while telling the story of a young Arab girl struggling with identity. Najla Said is the daughter of a Palestinian father and a Lebanese mother. Growing up in New York City’s Upper East Side, a fairly wealthy environment, her disorganized thoughts gradually plague her throughout adolescence and young adulthood, as she struggles to understand which cultural group she feels most connected to. Despite her drastic familial cultural differences, as a child, she often felt drawn toward her father, and subsequently her father’s Palestinian heritage.
As many minorities do/did, Najla struggled with understanding the reasoning behind cultural
As many minorities do/did, Najla struggled with understanding the reasoning behind cultural