Arab Americans

Read These Books by Arab American Authors

Read These Books by Arab American Authors

An inspiring collection of remarkable titles to mark Arab American Heritage Month in the US, showcasing vibrant culture...

APRIL 4, 2025 • By Rana Asfour
Laila Halaby’s The Weight of Ghosts is a Haunting Memoir

Laila Halaby’s The Weight of Ghosts is a Haunting Memoir

Thérèse Soukkar Chehade reviews Laila Halaby's memoir about coming to terms with the trauma of losing her first...

AUGUST 28, 2023 • By Thérèse Soukar Chehade
Ghassan Zeineddine Reflects On, Transcends the Identity Zeitgeist

Ghassan Zeineddine Reflects On, Transcends the Identity Zeitgeist

Youssef Rakha is more interested in what it means to be a contemporary Arab-Muslim independently of the West...

JULY 17, 2023 • By Youssef Rakha
LA Sketches: Fred Saidy, Humorist

LA Sketches: Fred Saidy, Humorist

In a blast from Hollywood's colorful past, Lebanese American writer Fred Saidy remembers Mrs. Nazralla's exquisite baklava, and...

FEBRUARY 15, 2022 • By
You Drive Me Crazy, from “Bride of the Sea”

You Drive Me Crazy, from “Bride of the Sea”

In this debut novel Eman Quotah practically delivers an epic as she writes about a Saudi family, torn...

DECEMBER 14, 2020 • By Faraj Bayrakdar
Find the Others: on Becoming an Arab Writer in English

Find the Others: on Becoming an Arab Writer in English

In which Rewa Zeinati, the founding editor of Sukoon, lyrically describes her journey of self-discovery and fights for...

NOVEMBER 15, 2020 • By Malu Halasa
I am the Hyphen

I am the Hyphen

In a search for meaning and self-adventure, writer Sarah Mills meanders through her multiple identities.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020 • By Sarah AlKahly-Mills
Dear Neighbors With the Trump/Pence Sign

Dear Neighbors With the Trump/Pence Sign

Novelist and poet Laila Halaby reconciles herself with the neighborhood.

OCTOBER 15, 2020 • By Laila Halaby
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