Book Launch: Looking for Palestine by Najla Said

Join Alwan for the Arts in celebrating the release of Najla Said’s new book “Looking for Palestine”, a candid and entertaining memoir about struggling with ethnic, racial and cultural identity in contemporary America.

“Looking for Palestine”

Growing up in New York City as the daughter of a famous Palestinian intellectual father and a sophisticated Lebanese mother, it wasn’t rare for Najla Said to answer the door as a young girl to world-renowned scholars or sit in on heated political discussions over dinner. Yet in spite of her extraordinarily cultured and colorful upbringing, Najla admits to being a young American girl who simply wished to fit in and who often felt conflicted about her cultural background and identity.