“On those nights, we watched TV shows from our native lands. 'American Gladiators.' 'Wipeout'. All easy-to-digest slapstick with American budgets. But they were not shows I'd known before. Abu Dhabi became this to me: memories of my country that weren't mine, and celestial Indian food.”
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The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah: Fear and Love in the Modern Middle East
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