New Arab American Books
Hadha Baladuna by Call Number: [E-Book]ISBN: 9780814349267Publication Date: 2022 (Wayne State University Press; Made in Michigan Writers Series)Michigan Notable Book (2023). A vibrant collection of essays and poems exploring the diverse range of the Arab American experience. Hadha Baladuna ("this is our country") is the first work of creative nonfiction in the field of Arab American literature that focuses entirely on the Arab diaspora in Metro Detroit, an area with the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the US.
House of Stone by Call Number: PK Stacks HQ 663.9 .S53 2012ISBN: 9780547134666This is the last book by Anthony Shadid, who was posthumously awarded the 2012 Arab American Book Award Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Transfer : Poems, by Naomi Shihab Nye. 2011 [electronic resource]2012 Arab American Book Award Honorable Mention for Poetry
Arabic Reference Resources
- W3 DictionaryThis online thesaurus suggests a variety of possible words in response to english or arabic input.
Arabic Literature Resources (Online & Print)
- Modern Arab American Fiction : A Reader's Guide, by Seven Salaita. 2011. [electronic resource]This collection of essays focuses on literature by and about Arab Americans; incorporating such themes as the Lebanese Civil War; Islam in America; sex, violence, and storytelling; immigration; ethnicity; and writers of North African origin. This book won an 2012 Arab American Book Award Honorable Mention for Non-Fiction.
- The Arabic Novel : An historical and Critical Introduction, 2nd Edition, by Roger Allen - Purdy-Kresge PJ 7577 .A4 1994Excellent analytical essays comprise half of this volume, along with analysis of twelve representative Arabic novels (by Mahfouz, Kanafani, Barakat, Salih, Qasim, Jabra, Ismail, al-Ghitani, Habibi, Munif, al-Shaykh, and al-Kuni).
Liaison Librarian
Karen Liston
Contact:
AQ8554@wayne.edu
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(313) 577-5596
You can make an appointment (above), or when I'm available, you can drop in on my Zoom Meeting Room by pasting this URL into your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3135775596 If I'm available, I'll admit you within a few minutes. Try it out - I'd love to see you!
Subjects: Education, Language and Area Studies
Arabic Literature Search Strategies
- PoetrySearch by these subjects in the Catalog:
Arabic poetry
Dialect poetry, Arabic
Folk poetry, Arabic
Culture
- Calligraphy QalamLearn about calligraphy in the Arab, Ottoman, and Persian traditions. Created by Elisabeth Kvernen, a graphic designer, for her Masters of Fine Arts degree from the University of Baltimore.