Book Reviews

[The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Ann Fadiman ] The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down , by Ann Fadiman, is considered of the genre medical anthropology.  I had never actually heard of this subfield of anthropology but it “examines the cultural, social, and biological factors that influence health, illness, and healthcare practices.”  The author herself is not an anthropologist, she is a wri

This novel "Velvet" is the next in a series of books about Palestine I've read and would like to share with you. It takes place in a...

The Woman from Tantoura, is an amazing read. It reads like a memoir, the story of Ruqayyah, expelled from her village city in Palestine,...

So this is the second book in this series, Lost in Thyme by Lilas Taha - Author  . The first book, Found In Thyme, was reviewed in a...

Salt Houses is another book of #palestinianvoices  and #booksaboutpalestine   #booksaboutisrael  . It is written by a psychologist Dr....

This #bookaboutpalestine  is probably one of my absolute favorites. It is fascinating, well written, engaging, and detailed. It begins...

So this is a book by #palestinianwriter  Randa Jarrar. Daughter of an Egyptian mother and Palestinian father, the book is a memoir of her...

This book is written by Omar ElAkkad, an Egyptian American journalist. The cover tells it all, really. It's a bluntly real book that...

Author Lilas Taha - Author   is well known for her book, Bitter Almonds, but she also has other books that are wonderful. This book, Lost...