2004, ISBN: 9781156342503

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: American People of Saudi Arabian Descent, Saudi Arabian Defectors, Saudi Arabian Expatriates in Canada, Saudi Arabian Immigrants to France, Saudi Arabian Immigrants to the United States, Nawaf Al-Hazmi, Satam Al-Suqami, Kinda Hibrawi, Omar Alghabra, Mohammed Al Khilewi, Soheib Bencheikh, Ferial Masry. Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: American People of Saudi Arabian Descent, Saudi Arabian Defectors, Saudi Arabian Expatriates in Canada, Saudi Arabian Immigrants to France, Saudi Arabian Immigrants to the United States, Nawaf Al-Hazmi, Satam Al-Suqami, Kinda Hibrawi, Omar Alghabra, Mohammed Al Khilewi, Soheib Bencheikh, Ferial Masry. Excerpt: Ferial Masry is a Democrat currently running for California State Assembly in the 37th District. She is the author of Running for All the Right Reasons: A Saudi-born Woman's Pursuit of Democracy, forthcoming from Syracuse University Press. Masry became the first Saudi American to run for political office in U.S. history when she campaigned for California State Assembly in 2004. Her run was covered by The New York Times, Associated Press, and led to an interview with Peter Jennings. Ferial has a son, named Omar, who served in the United States Army in Iraq. References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Kinda Hibrawi (Arabic: ) (born June 11, 1978) is an Arab American artist. Hibrawi s original artwork is sought by collectors and is currently exhibited in group and solo shows across the US. She is paving the way for a new generation of young Arab American artists. The mix of old world tradition with a modern twist has set a new standard in the Arabic calligraphy world. Of Syrian descent, she grew up between Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, and the United States. Her formative years in the Middle East gave her the opportunity to study the power of the Arabic language in all of its art forms. Through her studies she began to expand on the ancient tradition of Arabic Calligraphy by giving it a modern twist. As an Arab American, she felt the need for her artwork to reflect the richness of the Middle East Books, , Saudi-Arabian-Diaspora~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<