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Immigration Stories - coming to the U.S.: Middle East

Immigrant fiction for students in Basic and Transitional Studies.

Fiction

The Rug Merchant by Meg Mullins
Call Number: PS3613.U454 R84 2007
ISBN: 1101201673
272 pages. Ushman Khan lives a lonely life in New York City, selling rugs he imports from his home in Iran. He waits for the day when he has enough money saved to bring his wife, Farak, to join him. But Farak leaves him for another man. Then he meets Stella, a college student half his age, and they begin a romance.

Memoir

Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
Call Number: E184.I5D86 2008
ISBN: 9780307430991
224 pages. This memoir of growing up as an Iranian-American describes the author's family's 1971 move from Iran to Southern California, the members of her diverse family, and their struggle with culture shock.

Coming to the U.S. from the Middle East

Haft Seen traditional table of Nowrooz, March 17, 2015 by Mandana asadi (CC BY-SA 4.0)