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“Marry, don't marry,' Auntie Aya says as we unfold layers of dough to make an apple str”
“Who am I?" she snaps. "I am America, Israel, England! What am I doing?" She waits another long moment, her eyes shining. "I'm shutting up and listening." She draws the last word out so it hisses th...”
“Dad says that everyone invented baklava. It occurs to me now to wonder what that means. Aunt Aya rolls her eyes.Your father? He is the worst of the worst. He thinks he cooks and eats Arabic food bu...”
“What about Danny Thomas?" Uncle Hal asks. "What happened to him?"Dead," Uncle Abdelhafiz says. "Nice Lebanese boy.""Never mind about Danny Thomas, look what happened to your whole family! Look at y...”
“Dad says that everyone invented baklava.” It occurs to me now to wonder what that means. Aunt Aya rolls her eyes.“Your father? He is the worst of the worst. He thinks he cooks and eats Arabic food ...”
