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This is an intelligent, witty book, written with love of family, tradition, and country. There is little sentimentality in the tales the prose is direct with several delightful turns of syntax and each essay has a twist at the endsometimes a punny one. The essays call to mind Joel Steins The Awesome Column in Time. These essays embrace a theme of human connectivity. In her prologue, Ahmad writes, People are different, yet destined together. She is the mastermind, making sure they are. She loves the friend who is so unlike her. Her toddler granddaughter helps her learn a new language. Americans are Punny People is Ahmads first collection of essays in English and she must go on to write more so that we can have the gift of her wit, syntax, and remarkable perceptions about the world in which we all live.