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 her loquacious manner.
Tag: Arab Americans
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 between Arab and American identities and culture clashes.
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 her identity as an Arab writing in English.
I am the Hyphen
In a search for meaning and self-adventure, writer Sarah Mills meanders through her multiple identities.
Dear Neighbors With the Trump/Pence Sign
Novelist and poet Laila Halaby reconciles herself with the neighborhood.