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The juxtaposition of past and present intersects in this moving multigenerational story of identity, mass displacement, women's sexuality, arranged marriage, motherhood, and ambition as a Palestinian family is forcibly exiled from their homeland and emigrates to America in the 1960s. In the present, Shamieh's (Malvolio) narrative follows 35-year-old New York City playwright Arabella, who is working to es...Log In or Sign Up to Read More