Zeitoun

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From Goodreads: The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, **Zeitoun** is a riveting account of one family’s unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.

subjects: Biography,  Arab Americans,  Hurricane Katrina, 2005,  Social aspects of Hurricane Katrina, 2005,  Disaster victims,  Social conditions,  New York Times bestseller,  nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2010-06-13,  Biographies,  Social aspects,  Katrina,  New Orleans (Luisiana),  Biografía,  Auxilio en los desastres,  Aspectos sociales,  Muslims,  Kind,  Phantastische Literatur,  Voyages and travels,  Fantasy fiction,  Runaway children,  Gewalt,  Fiction,  Phantasiereise,  Soziale Wirklichkeit,  Islands,  History,  New orleans (la.), history,  Muslims, united states,  New orleans (la.), biography,  nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2009-08-30,  Society,  Overstromingen,  Rassendiscriminatie,  Einwanderer,  Syrer,  Tatverdacht,  Terrorismus,  New Orleans,  2005,  Verhalen,  Syrische emigranten,  Verenigde Staten,  Romans en novellen ; vertaald,  Wervelstormen,  Slachtoffers,  Islamieten,  Sociale aspecten

People: Kathy Zeitoun,  Abdulrahman Zeitoun (1957-)

Places: Louisiana,  New Orleans,  New Orleans (La.),  United States

Times: 21st century