In his nonfiction book, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers tells the story of a hardworking Muslim-American family living in New Orleans and their experience in the aftermath of the levee failures. Eggers also sees ...

Abdulrahman Zeitoun was arrested just after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The Syrian immigrant had lived in the city for more than 20 years.... War On Terror, Katrina Intersect In 'Zeitoun' ...

A tale of love and endurance in the face of post-Katrina injustice was nowhere to be found inside an Orleans Parish courtroom on Thursday. Instead, Kathy Zeitoun haltingly told of getting pummeled by ...

Abdulrahman Zeitoun, the local painting contractor whose alleged harassment of his ex-wife has come to overshadow his once-heroic image from a popular work of post-Katrina literature, will remain in ...

YouTube video shows acclaimed wordsmith turning tail at the first mention of Abdulrahman Zeitoun. Award-winning author Dave Eggers continues to shirk -- or rather, flee -- questions over the ...

The next chapter in WestportREADS 2011, which is sponsored by the Westport Public Library, will feature Dave Eggers' "Zeitoun." "Zeitoun" is the true story of Syrian-American Abdulrahman Zeitoun, his ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Author, publisher and literary nonprofit guy Dave Eggers is heading to ...

After the publication of his 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, critics labeled Dave Eggers the voice of a new generation. English majors adored him. The Pulitzer committee ...

A woman is drowning. Her dress rises up around her waist, her legs dangle. She looks like a flower. She clings to a floating bookshelf, calling for help. This is an image from Dave Eggers’ “Zeitoun” ...