"In this current political climate, being a Palestinian is a hazard. However, there are common grounds where East meets West. The Hookah Girl is a semi-autobiographical graphic novel of a childhood as a Christian Palestinian in America. Told in short stories and with narrative ranging from growing up in a refugee family to how to roll waraq (stuffed grape leaves), this book is an account of living in two seemingly different cultures that actually aren't very different at all."-- Provided by publisher.

Front Cover; Praise for THe Hookah Girl; Copyright; Contents; The Struggle; Should/Am; The Hookah Girl; The True Arab Experience; Rolling Leaves and the Grape Leaf Getaway Car; Domestic Goddess; Arabs and Film; The BestEST Joke!; Music; My Plight; Naji al-Ali; Textiles; The Stealth Arab; The Birthday Party; What Leila Khaled Said; NOW; Folk Medicine; Glossary; Back Cover.