Susan Muaddi Darraj Reading and Book Signing

Susan Muaddi Darraj Reading and Book Signing

Date and Time

Aug 15, 2024 5:00 pm

Location

Columbia

6251 Mango Tree Rd, Columbia, Maryland, 21044

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Description:

Chosen as "Maryland's 'Great Read' of 2024" join author Susan Muaddi Darraj in a reading of Behind You Is the Sea

Darraj’s Behind You Is the Sea is a novel that features chapters told from the points of view of members of Baltimore’s Palestinian American community. The book follows three families –the Baladi’s, Salamehs, and Ammars – and their journeys as one man from the Salamehs goes to Palestine for the first time, and others face impacts of decisions made generations ago. Stereotypes of Palestinian culture are faced head-on as the community experiences funerals, weddings, broken hearts, and devastating secrets. Darraj lives in Baltimore and teaches at Harford Community College and Johns Hopkins University. 

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