{"product_id":"khaled-and-jamila-paperback","title":"Khaled and Jamila - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnan Ameri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKhaled and Jamila\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping, multigenerational novel by Palestinian-American writer Anan Ameri that explores the enduring power of love and family across continents and cultures, asking what, in a divided world, truly lasts.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat in the world is beautiful forever? When disconnection rocks a family, the mistakes of one generation become the heartaches of the next ...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1959, the \u003ci\u003eWest Bank, Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e. Khaled's bossy, hot-tempered father insists that his son go to college in the States so he can learn to help him run his business. \u003ci\u003eKhaled\u003c\/i\u003e, Arabic for \u003ci\u003eforever\u003c\/i\u003e, is reluctant to leave his secret, hometown crush. But he's bullied into taking off for Ann Arbor. There he falls for a blue-collar American girl. One thing leads to another, including a daughter named \u003ci\u003eJamila\u003c\/i\u003e, Arabic for beautiful. Family mayhem erupts on all sides. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFast forward to 1984. Jamila has come of age growing up in Ann Arbor during the turbulent sixties and seventies. There she falls for her brother's best friend, Ali, who she's known for years. But even though he's practically a member of the family, Ali is Black. Interracial marriages in the US are still few and far between. Mayhem breaks out again, tearing close ties apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd so, what might \u003ci\u003eSitti\u003c\/i\u003e, the grandmother conciliator, have to say? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe names and heartaches of Khaled and Jamila ask, what in this mad world is beautiful forever? In Anan Ameri's noisy, impatient, vibrant novel, enduring beauty is the kind of love that family can teach us. And it's the larger, ever-expanding family of connections that love can show us when we learn to let it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Anan Ameri is a writer, educator, activist and the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Scent of Jasmine\u003c\/i\u003e (Interlink, 2017). She is the founding director of Dearborn's celebrated Arab American National Museum (AANM). She has won a Palestine Book Award, was named the 2005 Michiganian of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Detroit News\u003c\/i\u003e, was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame, and was named the 2020 Arab American of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 7.96 x 5.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47277354221817,"sku":"9781623715847","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WDqSpnCJsz9781623715847.webp?v=1768998125","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/khaled-and-jamila-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}