Zeina Living The American Dream And Other Lebanese Delusions

Zeina's back in California, with new layers of cultural confusion and a knack for finding herself in really f**king awkward situations. Every day has the potential to be a shitshow, balancing East and West, tradition and modernity, manyakeh wl jad¹.

While juggling dramatic immigrant-parents, long-distance friendships, old flames, new unexpected romances, and the occasional existential crises, Zeina's writing her own rulebook on how to be a modern Arab-American - without losing what's left of her sanity (or her heart).

This millennial immigrant's life is a fun little game of tug-of-war between the delusion of the "American Dream" and the deeply rooted Lebanese reality.

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