Summary: Najla Said, performer and author of the memoir Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family (Riverhead 2013), talks about her struggles with her identity as the UWS-reared child of Edward Said. →EVENTS: Ms. Said will be appearing at Book Court in Brooklyn on Friday, August 2nd at 7 PM, and at Barnes & Noble on the UWS on Monday, August 5th at 7 PM. Excerpt: Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family (Riverhead 2013) // Looking for Palestine Excerpt (PDF) Looking for Palestine Excerpt (Text) Reprinted from Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family by Najla Said in arrangement with Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc., Copyright (c) 2013 by Najla Said.
