SOURCE: THE NEW ARAB BY: ELIAS JAHSHAN This year may have been unforgiving for several reasons, but at least we had plenty of new books to offer us some form of escapism from the pandemic and headache-inducing US Presidential Election. More importantly though, 2020 was yet another year of compelling book releases from authors of … Continued
By: Pamela Dimitrova/ Arab America Contributing Writer Arabic literature has always been a hidden gem in the world’s culture, kee The Golden Ode of Imru’ al-Qais Imru’ al-Qais is considered the finest Arab poet of all time. He lived in Najd in the century before the arrival of Islam. His ‘Golden Ode’ is considered the … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW ARAB BY: DIANA ALGHOUL With coronavirus lockdown being imposed on almost every country in the world, the majority of us may have a lot of spare time on our hands. Whether you’re a Palestinian who wants to connect with their roots, or simply someone seeking to learn more about the nation of Palestine, one of … Continued
SOURCE: AL-FANAR MEDIA BY: URSULA LINDSEY Each year, I put together a list of recent books of interest from and about the Arab world. The list contains personal favorites, books I have written about, and books I am eager to read. Most titles are available in translation. The list aims to give a sense of … Continued
SOURCE: RECORD GAZETTE C. Kenworthey Harer and Cynthia Harer-Gibbs — children of W. Benson Harer, longtime friend and supporter of California State University, San Bernardino — generously donated more than 2,200 books worth over $300,000 to the John M. Pfau Library and the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA) at CSUSB. All of … Continued
The city’s prestigious university had been decimated by ISIS terrorists. The library’s historical manuscripts, maps, documents and academic texts had been deliberately burned. SOURCE: STAR TRIBUNE BY: MATT McKINNEY Some two years ago, an anonymous blogger in war-torn Mosul, Iraq, sent out a plea over Twitter. Could people send books to help us rebuild? he … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: MELISSA GRONLUND Summer in the UAE is like reverse western winter: a time to hurry from the car into your home, chuck another wadge of electricity at the air conditioning, and curl up with a good book. The UAE art scene is awash with great art books at the moment: looking … Continued
By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer This month we praise Arab American women and their contributions in different facets of life. Arab American women are passionate about their families, careers and social environments. Their drive makes them excellent communicators and storytellers. We picked talented writers whose work reflects on their Arab past and roots, as … Continued
LEFT-HANDED IN AN ISLAMIC WORLD: An Anthropologist’s Journey into the Middle East By John Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: NAP/VELLUM (January 25, 2017) Buy on AMAZON By Colby Cyrus/Contributing Writer The Arab world. To some, it is an enigma. To others yet, it is a place of danger. For myself, the Arab world’s culture and people remained … Continued
photo: Susan Abulhawa By: Miriam Abdollahi Source: Qantara.de With ″Mornings in Jenin″ and ″The Blue Between Sky and Water″, Palestinian American writer Susan Abulhawa has had two bestsellers in Germany. She writes about misery and trauma, love and the Palestinians′ joie de vivre. In interview with Miriam Abdollahi, she talks about the way literature is … Continued
By: David Green Source: Haaretz “Salt Houses,” by Hala Alyan, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 320 pp., $26 The reader who approaches “Salt Houses,” debut novelist Hala Alyan’s multi-generational portrait of a Palestinian family in exile, with expectations of grand pronouncements about right and wrong, or victim and perpetrator, will be disappointed. Nor is there much action … Continued
by: Bruce Rosenbloom Source: HIgher Education The Carolina Summer Reading Program at UNC-Chapel Hill is drawing attention to members of a minority group and their pursuit of the American Dream with its latest literature recommendation. Book selection committee chair Rita Balaban claimed that How Does it Feel to be a Problem? by Moustafa Bayoumi was … Continued
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