Essays and Features
Why Death of a Nation's Conscience Has Met With Cold Indifference
Farewell to Habib Sadek (1931-2023): Friend, Poet, and Exceptionally Honest Politician
Having Self-Exiled from the Turbulent World of Lebanese Politics, Sadek Dies Peacefully at 92
Second-Wave Arab American Literature Caught Between Assimilation and Diversity (3-4): Literary Legacy Which Descended into a Dormant Period Experienced a Revival in Late 1960s
Lebanon Still Overshadowed by Oblivion As Port Blast Aftermath Enters Fourth Year
Nazik al-Malaika: Queen of Free Verse Remains Uncertain
Fifty Years of Debate Yield No Consensus Over Her Place on the Throne of New Arabic Poetry
Arab American Literature Pioneers Incorporating Modernism and Reason: How Later Generations Reduced a Dynamic Legacy to Mere Genealogy (2-4)
A Fresh Look at the Debate: Definitions and Historiography of Arab Americans in the New Century
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Arab American literature and how we define it remains central to the field’s discourse. Some scholars believe prior knowledge of Arab culture is essential to comprehending Arab American literature since it is an ethnic genre. Since the 20th century until the present, Arab Americans have strongly lobbied to classify Arab American studies as an ethnic field and draw a line between Middle East studies — which belongs to the area studies — and ethnic studies.