Across
- 3. what Hidayah feels like when her parents call her out from her room to greet guests properly
- 5. a community of people who live outside their shared country of origin or ancestry but maintain active connections with it
- 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)
- 11. what Hidayah feels so difficult to explain to New Yorkers who try to understand her background
- 12. wild and drunken celebrations
Down
- 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. one of the ethnic groups Hidayah has been mistaken to be part of by the Americans
- 4. the word that shows that Hidayah's parents do not spend money unwisely and excessively
- 6. a word meaning local
- 7. a word that means "peace"; it is also a salutation performed by bowing to an elder and kissing their right hand
- 8. the journey to Mecca
- 10. a word that is the opposite in meaning from persuade; what Hidayah tried to do to her parents