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Arab American stories interconnect in the new collection, 'Dearborn'

Author Ghassan Zeineddine's new collection of short stories, Dearborn, takes a tenderhearted look at interconnected characters in the largest Arab American community in the country
Ghassan Zeineddine, author of the short story collection, <em>Dearborn</em>.

Dearborn, just west of Detroit, Mich., is a city often estimated to be at least half Arab American, with a general population of about 108,000. It's where author Ghassan Zeineddine set his debut collection of short stories, Dearborn.

Now a creative writing professor at Oberlin College, Zeineddine drove to Dearborn recently to meet a reporter at over a cup of organic coffee made with cardamom

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