And more in Arab American Studies and the Library of Arabic Literature
"Sure to make a lasting impact on the way we think about not only Arab American artistic and cultural production but also the relationship between ethnic identity, American citizenship, and transnational belonging."
"Allows us to experience the dislocation and maddening injustice of what it is like to be suddenly stereotyped and held responsible for the actions of distant others, yet never loses a sense of hope and optimism."
—Juan Cole, author of The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation Is Changing the Middle East
"A skilled ethnographer, [Su'ad Abdul Khabeer] combines her poet's ear and thorough research in prose that flips the script on the anti-Black, anti-Muslim sentiment."
"Offering a radical reinterpretation of the power of mass-market engagements with the Middle East, Jarmakani analyzes the role that fantasy and desire play in the construction of U.S. imperialism."
—Sarah Gualtieri, author of Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian American Diaspora
"predictably excellent and essential—a book that leads us through the impact of the Global War on Terror on Afghan American, Arab American and South Asian American youth. This is an ethnography with teeth—gripping and urgent."
—Vijay Prashad, author of Uncle Swami: South Asians in America Today
"Innovatively researched, elegantly written, and persuasively argued, Judith Weisenfeld’s new history of African American religious groups is a major contribution to the study of African American religions during the Great Migration."
—Edward E. Curtis IV, Millennium Chair of the Liberal Arts, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Centering on novels, films, memoirs, and poster art that gave aesthetic expression to the Iran-Iraq War, the essays gathered in this volume present multiple perspectives on the war’s most complex and underrepresented narratives.
"The heroic achievement of award-winning translator Humphrey Davies marks the first ever English translation of this pivotal work… An accessible, informative, and highly entertaining read."
The Expeditions represents an important testimony to the earliest Muslims’ memory of the lives of Muhammad and his companions, and is an indispensable text for gaining insight into the historical biography of both the Prophet and the rise of the Islamic empire.
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