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Overview
This book is Metti's journey to Iraq under extraordinary family circumstances. It describes personal and academic challenges he encountered by the need to acclimate to a new language and culture. This story is also a depiction of cultural rejection aggravated by assimilation issues: He was compelled to live in places not of his choosing; to master a tongue alien to his childhood; and to feel out of place every time he stepped outside the hospitable and generous embrace of his extended Iraqi family into the corporal punishment landmines of Iraqi education.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781436307468
- ISBN-10: 1436307465
- Publisher: Xlibris Us
- Publish Date: June 2008
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.69 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.08 pounds
- Page Count: 228
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