Arab American

What Will People Think? Blends Comedy, Culture and Family Secrets

What Will People Think? Blends Comedy, Culture and Family Secrets

Sara Hamdan's debut novel finds genuine humor in the complexities of Arab-American identity and friendships.

3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Natasha Tynes
Without Women, the 2011 Revolution Might Have Never Been

Without Women, the 2011 Revolution Might Have Never Been

The long history of Egyptian women's activism created the intellectual and political background for revolution.

8 AUGUST 2025 • By Jasmin Attia
“A Dog in the Woods”—a short story by Malu Halasa

“A Dog in the Woods”—a short story by Malu Halasa

Malu Halasa's story takes place on one day in the life of the family patriarch who confronts memories...

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Arab American Teens Come of Age in Nayra and the Djinn

Arab American Teens Come of Age in Nayra and the Djinn

Katie Logan reviews a graphic novel that blends the real world with the fantastical in a coming of...

31 JULY 2023 • By Katie Logan
An Interview with with Graphic Memoirist Malaka Gharib

An Interview with with Graphic Memoirist Malaka Gharib

Rusha Rafeek interviews graphic memoirist Malaka Gharib about her Arab American coming of age story.

15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Necati Sönmez
After Marriage, Single Arab American Woman Looks for Love

After Marriage, Single Arab American Woman Looks for Love

Eman Quotah reviews the new poetry collection by Jordanian Palestinian American author Laila Halaby.

5 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Eman Quotah
Taming the Immigrant: Musings of a Writer in Exile

Taming the Immigrant: Musings of a Writer in Exile

Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer"...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
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