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I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib
Introduction: Malaka Gharib’s graphic memoir, I Was Their American Dream, details her life as a child of immigrants born in the United...
Beatrice DeGraw
Dec 19, 20212 min read


The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Introduction: The Thirty Names of Night (2018), written by Zeyn Joukhadar, follows the story of a young Syrian trans artist struggling in...
Beatrice DeGraw
Dec 19, 20212 min read


Koolaids: The Art of War by Rabih Alameddine
Introduction: Rabih Alameddine is a Lebanese Druze painter, writer and professor. He was born in Jordan in 1959, growing up in between...
Beatrice DeGraw
Dec 19, 20211 min read


A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar
Introduction: A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar is a coming of age novel told from the perspective of Nidali, an Egyptian-Palestinian muslim...
Beatrice DeGraw
Dec 19, 20212 min read


Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Background: Nawal El Saadawi is an Egyptian psychiatrist, activist, scholar, and public figure. She previously worked as Director General...
Beatrice DeGraw
Dec 19, 20215 min read


Arab Feminism is Not an Oxymoron - TED Talk with Nadine Naber
Introduction and Background: Dr. Nadine Naber is a professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, as well as Global Asian Studies, at the...
Beatrice DeGraw
Nov 15, 20212 min read


God in Pink by Hasan Namir
Introduction and Background: God in Pink by Hasan Namir is an intricate novel written in alternating perspectives between queer student...
Beatrice DeGraw
Nov 15, 20214 min read
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