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The book “Does the land remember me?” is written in the first person by Aziz Shahab. The book shows the views of the arab world through an american's eyes. When Naomi first arrived in america, she was a journalist with little to no money to start off with. he reads a newspaper written by an american in america about the middle east. he finds this story to be nothing like what is happening in his homeland. When he talks to people, he says he’s from Jerusalem. When he says that, people assume he’s israeli but he refuses to be called by the name of the people who stole his home and country. After living in america long enough to become an american citizen, he soon becomes obsessed with real estates. Buying properties upon properties in

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