Zeitoun
About this book
From Goodreads: The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, **Zeitoun** is a riveting account of one family’s unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.
Subjects
- 2005
- arab americans
- aspectos sociales
- auxilio en los desastres
- biografía
- biographies
- biography
- disaster victims
- einwanderer
- fantasy fiction
- fiction
- gewalt
- history
- hurricane katrina, 2005
- islamieten
- islands
- katrina
- kind
- muslims
- muslims, united states
- new orleans
- new orleans (la.), biography
- new orleans (la.), history
- new orleans (luisiana)
- new york times bestseller
- nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2009-08-30
- nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2010-06-13
- overstromingen
- phantasiereise
- phantastische literatur
- rassendiscriminatie
- romans en novellen ; vertaald
- runaway children
- slachtoffers
- social aspects
- social aspects of hurricane katrina, 2005
- social conditions
- sociale aspecten
- society
- soziale wirklichkeit
- syrer
- syrische emigranten
- tatverdacht
- terrorismus
- verenigde staten
- verhalen
- voyages and travels
- wervelstormen