2011 Arab American Book Award is Taking Nominations

The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is proud to announce that submissions are now being accepted for the 2011 Arab American Book Award.

Established in 2006, the Arab American Book Award honors significant new works by and about Arab Americans.

Gon Finds a Real Door to Good Rap

Gon, the American rapper from Palestinian decent reminds me why rap is great….he reminds me of how it was meant for people who have grown up in bad circumstances.

Randa Jarrar discusses her novel, A Map of Home

Randa Jarrar’s A Map of Home is a novel that changes the landscape of Arab-American fiction. Nidali, the narrator and a young half-Palestinian, half-Egyptian/Greek girl, shares the story of her life from birth to college, leaving no questionable power dynamic unburned along the way. From outsmarting overbearing and abusive men, writing cavalier letters to Saddam [...]