Books in the Arab American Writing series

What is the relationship between US imperialism in Arab homelands and anti-Arab racism in the lives of Arab Americans? What is the significance of whiteness studies to Arab American studies? This book locates September 11 as a turning point in the history of Arab American engagements with race, multiculturalism, and Americanization.

As a blizzard blankets the northeast US, burying residents and shutting down airports, the Farrah family eagerly awaits the arrival of Eva, a cousin visiting from Lebanon after a long separation. Over the course of several days, while Eva is stranded in New York City, Chehade's nuanced story unfolds in the reminiscences and anxieties of each family member.

Best-selling novelist and PEN Award winner Halaby presents readers with her first collection of poetry. Intensely personal and marked with a trenchant wit, these poems form a memoir following Halaby's life as they explore the disorientation of exile, the challenge of navigating two cultures, and the struggle to shape her own creative identity.

An overview of Arab-American fiction as it has developed over the past twenty years.

Contains tales that are set in different eras since 1960s to the turn of the twentieth century. This title offers multiple perspectives on the experience of Lebanese women in the United States.

Includes stories that chronicle the lives of the Matters, a captivating, tragic, yet ultimately exultant Arab American family.

Summoned by his dying mother, Palestinian-born Aziz Shihab returns to the homeland he and his family fled as refugees decades earlier: to a Palestine reclaimed by Israelis and to a country no longer that of his youth in a nation whose estate has been challenged by history. This gripping book chronicles that month-long journey.

A collection of broadly interrelated stories that offer a warm, inspired portrait of an extended Arab family in a Lebanese and Syrian community in Toledo, Ohio, spanning the decades between the 1930s and the present. It offers a passionate, unvarnished glimpse into the lives of an immigrant community.

Premier Caseres rules his country with a ruthlessness that puts him in the elite category of Truijillo, Mugabe, and Kim Jong II. A potent orator with a martinet style of leadership, Caseres' ability to instill fear and reverence in his people has secured his place in power. However, the dictator's human frailties run as deep as his stoicism.

Depicts a Lebanese immigrant family in Washington, DC, in the 1950s and gives us entree into a male-dominated, independence-stifling culture where female roles were rigidly prescribed.

Through a collection of letters, journal entries, essays, and even local recipes, this work provides a detailed portrait of life in Cairo, recording daily revelations. This work offers insight into the complexities of Egyptian culture, alternately taking on roles of linguist and political interpreter.

This novel gives voice to the experiences of three generations of Palestinian women whose lives are torn apart by war, rape, dispossession and poverty. Samya lives in Palestine of the 1920s, Asia experiences the massacre of Deir Assin, and Maryam survives war and diaspora.

The situe, or Arabic grandmother, moves in and out of this collection of stories as they seek to capture the integration of Christian Arab women into American culture. The tales contain elements of magic and stoicism, presenting characters rich in independence and creativity.

New York City's main Arab communities exemplify the continuity and change that has taken place throughout the city's rich history. This is a collection of writings and photographs that document and tell the stories of these communities.

A collection of poems by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. The poems range from dreamy reflections to bitter longings for the Palestine that was lost when Israel was created in 1948.

In 2004, Ferial Masry, born in Mecca, became the first Saudi American to run for political office in US history. This book chronicles Masry's remarkable life, from her childhood in Mecca and her decision to emigrate to the United States to her career as an educator and her bold entry into the world of politics.