When We Were Arabs: A Jewish Family's Forgotten History

by Massoud Hayoun

The stunning debut of a brilliant nonfiction writer whose vivid account of his grandparents' lives in Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine, and Los Angeles reclaims his family's Jewish Arab identity

Winner of the 2020 Arab American Book Award for nonfiction and one of NPR's best books of 2019, When We Were Arabs is a gorgeous family memoir and "a powerful exploration of Arab Jewish identity" (The New Arab) that brings the world of Jewish Arab...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620979527
• ISBN13: 9781620979525
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 304 Pages