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"The Measure of Distance: An Immigrant Novel" with Dr. Pauline Kaldas

Co-presented with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights

The Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and Prince George’s County Memorial Library System presents a conversation with author Dr. Pauline Kaldas about her book, "The Measure of Distance: An Immigrant Novel," a detailed portrait of immigration.

About the book:

This multigenerational family saga begins when Salim, the eldest of three brothers, moves to Cairo at the start of the 20th century.  His decision to leave his ancestral village of Kom Ombo reverberates across generations, kicking off a series of migrations that shape the lives of his family and their descendants, culminating with the 2011 protests in Tahrir Square. 

About the author, Dr. Pauline Kaldas

Pauline Kaldas is the author of "The Measure of Distance" (novel), "Looking Both Ways" (essays), "The Time Between Places" (stories), "Letters from Cairo" (memoir), "Egyptian Compass" (poetry), and the textbook, "Writing the Multicultural Experience."  She also co-edited "Dinarzad’s Children: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction and Beyond Memory: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Creative Nonfiction."  She was awarded a fellowship in fiction from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and has been in residency at MacDowell, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow, and Green Olive Arts in Morocco.  She is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Hollins University. 

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