i was their american dream malaka gharib

There are also places where she wants readers to engage with her – so there is an activity to make a zine with her or dress a cut-out of hers, so on and so forth. Sometimes you need such reads to also get the “reading momentum” going. I love reading books that do that, more so in the form of say a graphic memoir that isn’t too taxing. I Was Their American Dream familiarises you with cultures and traditions you perhaps weren’t aware of. No one who hasn’t fit in will understand the pain of not belonging. At the same time, the need to fit in and belong is age-old. The opportunity then to know more about different cultures, and understand was twice-fold.

Malaka’s life if seen from the greener side of the grass was very exciting growing-up to parents who came from different parts of the world.

I could hard relate to it – I could understand the dilemma of what to follow and what not to. I liked this graphic memoir, in fact loved it, because it made me wonder about my confusion about identity (of course of a different kind) while growing up. It is always there – sometimes way too visible, and at other times not so much. The issue of racism, being a different skin colour, following a different way of life, and being ridiculed for it just doesn’t go away. I know a lot of authors have written about this in some form or the other, however, I also believe that every book written in this sub-genre always sadly has something new to provide. This memoir is also about identity, growing up in the US of A – being a part of the country and yet alienated. This graphic memoir is about her life and her family on both sides. Malaka Gharib is Half-Filipino, Half-Egyptian, and born in the USA. Title: I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir

I was their american dream malaka gharib