In this current political climate, being a Palestinian is a hazard.
She lives in New York City with her husband, Chris..
The Hookah Girl and Other True Stories is her first major comic, and it was awarded two grants.
Marguerite Dabaie is a freelance illustrator and has worked with such organizations as School Library Journal, Mizna, and Just World Books, among others.
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.
The Hookah Girl is a semi-autobiographical graphic novel of a childhood as a Christian Palestinian in America.
However, there are common grounds where East meets West.
In this current political climate, being a Palestinian is a hazard