Looking for Palestine: Najla Said’s Memoir of a Confusing Arab-American Childhood

The World

New York playwright Najla Said has struggled to find her identity in the shadow of her father, the late Edward Said. She talks with anchor Carol Hills about her new memoir, "Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family."

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