BY: Suzanne Manneh/Contributing Writer Alia Malek is a Syrian-American journalist and author of “A Country Called Amreeka,” published in 2009, which is the story of the last forty-plus years of American history, told through the eyes of Arab Americans. She spoke with New America Media about her recently released book, “Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post … Continued
Many Americans think anti-Arab sentiment in the United States began after 11 September 2001. Others think Arabs are recent immigrants to America. Some think the Arab community has kept to itself, not participating in struggles like the civil rights and labor movements. Alia Malek’s A Country Called Amreeka is a welcome corrective to these mistaken … Continued
Zajal, an old form of improvised Arabic poetry that enjoyed its heyday in Lebanon before the 1975-1990 civil war, is making a tentative comeback with thousands of fans on Facebook and YouTube. Traditionally an emotional oratory duel between two men, zajal once drew crowds of tens of thousands who revered its artists as poets of … Continued
The layers of colonization in Palestine run as deep as the layers of the country’s mythologized and distorted history. This emanates from many sources and continues to be perpetuated by academics whose methodologies maintain this phenomenon. This is one of the important and underlying theses of Basem Ra’ad’s new book Hidden Histories: Palestine and the … Continued
Gregory Orfalea believes if Americans understood more about Arab history and culture, the United States might not be in the political situation it is internationally. “We have to make up a lot of time lost in this country: history we have not taught our young, and the uncritical political alignments we’ve made,” said Orfalea, who … Continued
Pearson PLC’s publishing unit Penguin Group is set to sign a joint venture with an Egypt-based publisher on Wednesday to bring its Penguin Classics to Arabic-speaking countries, the latest in a string of deals that has seen Penguin expand its classic-literature brand through non-English versions in markets including Brazil, Korea and China. A list of … Continued
Specters tells the story of two women born the same day—one is the author, Radwa Ashour, the other, Shagar, is a loosely autobiographical character in her novel. The narrative alternates fluidly between their childhoods, their work lives (one a professor of literature and the other of history), their married and unmarried lives, and their respective … Continued
Remi Kenazi’s debut poetry collection and CD, Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine, will be out this January and is available for pre-order today! This collection is the culmination of his work over the last five years. To purchase the collection, visit: http://poeticinjustice.net/book/purchase-poetic-injustice.html. All pre-ordered copies will be signed and sent out before the … Continued
When the Egyptian poet Ahmed Shawki declared that “the mother is a school; empowering her is nation building,” he expressed a dream: if women were offered the social and economic opportunities they deserve, they would build strong nations. Do poets today provoke the conscience of society as they did in the past? For several centuries … Continued
Last month, Adonis was robbed again of a Nobel Prize, after first being nominated in 1988. He would have been the second Arab to receive the honor. With over thirty published books in almost equal number of languages, Ali Ahmed Said Esber, through his literary pseudonym, Adonis, is the Arab world’s most renowned poet and … Continued
Review: The Arabian Nights Cookbook By Habeeb Salloum Published by Tuttle Publishing It’s an odd thing to hear, but you can’t write about Arab cuisine without mentioning petroleum. The oil wells of the Arabian Peninsula have played an integral role in the evolution of the region’s food culture, says Habeeb Salloum, author of “The Arabian … Continued
“Since the end of the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, the United States has been more deeply enmeshed and invested in this region than anywhere else. During this nearly forty-year period, Americans have spent more money, sold more weapons, devoted more political capital, sent more troops, fought more was, and lost more lives in … Continued
135 Results (Page 10 of 12)
Loading ...