This is a difficult one to parse and review for me. The blurb makes it seem like it’ll be a series of essays in the vein of other comedians, focused on what it means to be Muslim and American. That characteristic blend of humor and drama via a look at an ethnic group that faces ongoing persecution in the States. And while it’s not not that, it’s also a complicated semi-defensive recounting of Ali’s family’s legal troubles and the related fallout in their Muslim-American community in […]
complicated feelings about a complicated book
Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American by Wajahat Ali