Stranger in the DesertBy: Jordan Salama Inspired by family lore, a young writer embarks on an epic quest through the Argentine Andes in search of a heritage spanning hemispheres and centuries, from the Jewish Levant to turn of the century trade routes in South America One Thanksgiving afternoon at his grandparents house, Jordan Salama discovers a large binder stuffed with yellowing papers and old photographsa five hundred year wandering history of his Arab Jewish family,