Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Adults, April 2023
prepared by Alvin R. Blount
Diocese of East Tennessee
Talking through the Door: An Anthology of Contemporary Middle Eastern American Writing
-Susan Atefat-Peckham
-Kindle $12.49
-hardcover $13.15
-272 pages
-Syracuse University Press
-2014
-description: This anthology includes writers who are descendants of multiple cultural heritages, backgrounds, and diverse socioeconomic and spiritual sensibilities, such as Egyptian, Iranian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian, and Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and atheist. There are many vital contributions to contemporary American literature in this resource.
Atefat-Peckham, S. (Ed.). (2014) Talking through the Door: An Anthology of Contemporary Middle Eastern American Writing. Syracuse University Press.
A Country Called Amreeka: U. S. History Retold Through Arab-American Lives
-Alia Malek
-hardcover $12.60
-paperback $6.76
-310 pages
-Free Press
-2009
-description: Malek is an author and civil rights lawyer born to Syrian immigrants. She takes the reader on a journey of the last forty-plus years of American history seen through the eyes of Arab Americans—narratives of love, friendship, family, courage, hate, and success.
Malek, A. (2009). A Country Called Amreeka: U. S. History Retold Through Arab-American Lives. Free Press.
Arabs in America: Building a New Future
-Michael Suleiman
-paperback $39.95
-227 pages
-Temple University Press
-1999
-description: Twenty-one scholars representing different disciplines are featured here and take a close look at the Arab’s status in North America.
Suleiman, M. (1999). Arabs in America: Building a New Future. Temple University Press.
Arab Americans in Film: From Hollywood and Egyptian Stereotypes to Self-Representation (Critical Arab American Studies)
-Waleed F. Mahdi
-hardcover $75.00
-Kindle $28.45
-paperback $29.95
-328 pages
-Syracuse University Press
-2020
-description: This is an original comparative analysis of how Arab Americans are portrayed in Arab American cinema and Egyptian cinema. This resource is a starting point for having conversations about film, representation, and othering.
Mahdi, W. F. (2020). Arab Americans in Film: From Hollywood and Egyptian Stereotypes to Self-Representation (Critical Arab American Studies). Syracuse University Press.