Crossword Puzzle for Visitors

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Across
  1. 3. what Hidayah feels like when her parents call her out from her room to greet guests properly
  2. 5. a community of people who live outside their shared country of origin or ancestry but maintain active connections with it
  3. 9. the word that shows Hidayah is making an excuse to herself that the weather in New York is still not suitable for her parents (clue: p.96)
  4. 11. what Hidayah feels so difficult to explain to New Yorkers who try to understand her background
  5. 12. wild and drunken celebrations
Down
  1. 1. the metaphor the writer uses to describe the negative impact on her parents of too many varieties of ethnic groups in New York
  2. 2. one of the ethnic groups Hidayah has been mistaken to be part of by the Americans
  3. 4. the word that shows that Hidayah's parents do not spend money unwisely and excessively
  4. 6. a word meaning local
  5. 7. a word that means "peace"; it is also a salutation performed by bowing to an elder and kissing their right hand
  6. 8. the journey to Mecca
  7. 10. a word that is the opposite in meaning from persuade; what Hidayah tried to do to her parents