The Story behind the Book: Road to Damascus (Elaine Imady)

 



Today's blog post is the next in the series of book back stories and is the story behind Road to Damascus by Elaine Imady (who, coincidentally, is the mother of two other MSI Press authors, Muna Imady and Omar Imady.

In response to the publisher's request for some insight into the writing of her book, Elaine Imady wrote --

Actually, I think my book "Road to Damascus" quite thoroughly answers the question as to why I wrote it.  I have three children, eleven grandchildren and fourteen greatgrandchildren.  None of them would exist today if Mohammed and I had not met that crucial December 15th, l955, and all of them are curious about their family history.  I
 wrote the book partly to satisfy their curiosity and additionally to counteract the many books about the dreadful results of Western women marrying Arabs and suffering as a result.


Book Description:

Recommended by US Review of Books and First Runner-Up in the Eric Hoffer Awards legacy competition, Road to Damascus describes the Middle Eastern journey of an American who meets and falls in love with a Syrian when they are both attending school in New York. Giving up her country and her religion to follow her husband back to Syria, Elaine Imady has made a life that has successfully bridged two cultures and two continents. Raising three bi-cultural, bilingual children, Elaine has important insights to offer to readers from either the West or the Middle East about how we can all not only get along with each other but learn to love each other. Her life is symbolic of the best of what can be when two cultures come together.


Book Award
First Runner-up, Eric Hoffer Award


Paperback copies of Elaine's book can be purchased
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