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Subject: RE: THX & Q. re. Novels Dealing w/ West. Educated
From: "rebecca.fenton-AT-excite.com" <rebecca.fenton-AT-excite.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 07:49:32 -0500 (EST)



Hi Suha,
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There is a small but growing body of theoretical work about the role of student exchange in crossing cultures, and the ongoing effects on the lives of returnees.  I know you're after novels, but I thought that you might like some references of this sort.  Some titles include:
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* Cross-Cultural Reentry: A Book of Readings, by Clyde Austin
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* Strangers At Home: Essays on the Effects of Living Overseas and Coming "Home" to a Strange Land, by Carolyn D. Smith (Ed)
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* Art of Crossing Cultures, by Craig Storti
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* The Art of Coming Home, by Craig Storti
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There are another couple of books available from the AFS Australia website.  If you want it, you may be able to source it from AFS in the country where you are, or a neighbouring country.
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* When do you Bow in Australia?, by Lorna Clayton 
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* Letters from Thailand, by Bronwyn Horton
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I haven't read the second, but When do you Bow in Australia is really interesting.  The site is http://www.afs.org.au/merchandise_category.html?category=books
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Rebecca Fenton
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Twice a returnee, never quite at home :-)
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--- On Wed 03/27,  <suhak-AT-canada.com> wrote:
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> Hi Waeil,
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> 
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> THX for your email. Yes, I read Arabic. The Arabic novels I have read so
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> far are: Haqqi's Qindil Umm Hashim (Umm Hashim's Lantern), Tawfiq
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> al-Hakim's Usfur min al-Sharq (A Bird from the East), and Suhail Idris'
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> al-Hay al-Latini(Latin Quarter). Maybe you have other titles in mind. 
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> 
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> I am also interested in cross-cultural perspective regarding this issue:
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> what happens when a Western educated person, who is non-Western, returns
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> home?
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> 
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> I can also read French and Spanish. I wonder if Francophones/Hispanics
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> dealt with this differently. I am eager to find out. 
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> 
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> THX to you, and all the others.
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> 
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> Suha
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> 
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> On Tue, 26 March 2002, Hathor's Lover wrote:
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> > Suha,
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> > there is a good number of novels in Arabic dealing with this topic. I
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> am not 
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> > sure whether or not any was translated, but if you do read Arabic -
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> as your 
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> > name might indicate - I can send you a long list of such novels.
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> > Best,
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> > Waiel
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