Arab-American Memoir: "Colored Water: Dixie Through Egyptian Eyes"
Colored Water: Dixie Through Egyptian Eyes” is a series of insightful, humorous and profound experiences of the author, then a bright-eyed, curious and intelligent Egyptian graduate student in chemistry, during the 1950s just prior to his departure from Alexandria, Egypt and after his arrival to Tallahasee, Florida for post-graduate studies.
The memoir offers uncommon and thought provoking cross-cultural observations on segregation, the “American Dream”, race, religion, identity, science, sexuality, love, academia, tradition, personal freedom, social status and class during the 1950s.
While written from the perspective of an Egyptian living in America for the first time, anyone who has found themselves immersed in an entirely new and different culture can identify with the contrast in pre-conceived notions, actual experiences and impressions one has away from the ‘motherland’ and into the “unfamiliar”.
Dr. Ashraf El-Bayoumi was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1934. Now a retired professor of Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry with a specialization in Molecular Spectroscopy and Excited State Dynamics, he studied, conducted research and held teaching positions at Alexandria University (Egypt), Florida State University, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Michigan State University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. El-Bayoumi has been married to Dr. Soheir Morsy, a retired Professor of Medical Anthropology, for over 60 years. They have three children and five grandchildren. He has always been dedicated to human rights and social justice activism, is a frequent commentator on regional and international politics and social issues, and is a co-founder of the Alexandria Human Rights Association (Egypt).
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