Rayya Elias

Chronicles the life of a Syrian immigrant who, after being bullied and rebelling against family tradition, moves to New York to become a hair stylist at the height of the punk movement.

Hard Living, Hair, and Post-punk from the Middle East to the Lower East Side

Harley Loco

Andrew Molina

Rayya Elias has definitely lead an interesting and crazy life, a life worth reading about. But her writing fails to live up to the stories within it. There is no polish, no artistry, just words on the page, flat and bland, with forced attempts at literary flair. Raw writing can be capitvating and intense, or it can totally underwhelm with its amaturism. This book definitely did the latter.

Harley Loco Hard Living, Hair, and Post-punk from the Middle East to the Lower East Side

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