Sayed Kashua
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Sayed Kashua is the author of the novels Dancing Arabs; Let It Be Morning, which was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; and Second Person Singular, winner of the prestigious Bernstein Prize. He is a columnist for Haaretz and the creator of the prizewinning sitcom, Arab toon meer Labor. Now living in the United States with his family, he teaches at the University of Illinois. toon minder
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- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Sociology, Philosophy)
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- writer (Kol Ha'ir Jerusalem weekly)
writer (Ha'ir Tel Aviv weekly)
writer (Ha'aretz daily)
writer (Israeli television) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Lessing-Preis für Kritik Förderpreis (2006)
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- Sayed Kashua lives in the Beit Tsafafa suburb of Jerusalem.
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It's hard to summarize this collection of columns, which started off reminding me of Bill Bryson a little bit in his sardonic observations and making himself out to be a bumbling sort of father and husband, and then became more and more pointed (or maybe I was just noticing more) in the everyday slights Kashua and his family endure. In some ways, it reminded me a lot of what many people of color experience in the U.S. - the distrust at the airport, being slighted at book fairs, or even the threat of violence. Kashua writes in Hebrew and starts out optimistic, hoping that he can educate, but the later articles show his own growing despair that anything can change.… (meer)