A review by alyssabookrecs
Dancing Arabs by Sayed Kashua

3.0

A beautiful, unexpected read about the experience of an Israeli Arab growing up in Israel and his constant split identity in terms of Israel, Palestine, and being an Arab resident of Israel. The prose, even in translation, is so stunning and delves you completely into these vignettes, held together by the same cast of characters. There is growth and also not, and I love the ambiguity present in the writing: it conveys something very real and complex.