5/30/2023 0 Comments A map of home by randa jarrar![]() ![]() The book begins just as Nidali receives her American passport and moves to Boston with her father and mother, who she refers to as Baba and Mama. At the same time, the family processes problems of ethnic division, turmoil, and war in their homelands, reconceiving what it means to have a home. Aware of her mixed background and jarred by the move between starkly different cultural contexts, Nidali battles with her father and his strict expectations for his daughter, which are informed by a background she does not relate to. It follows the first-person account of a girl named Nidali, born to a Palestinian father and Egyptian mother, who moves from various temporary homes in the Middle East to Boston, Massachusetts. A Map of Home is a 2008 coming-of-age novel by Randa Jarrar. ![]()
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