Other Sources of Information

Arab Americans

The Arab Americans: A History, Gregory Orfalea

The Arab American (The New Americans), Randa A. Kayyoli

Community of Many World: Arab Americans, Kathleen Benson

Arabs in America: Building a New Future, Michael W. Suleiman

Middle East

A History of the Middle East: second edition, Peter Mansfield

A History of the Modern Middle East, William L. Cleveland

The Middle East, Bernard Lewis

Lebanon

A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered, Kamal S. Salibi

From Beirut to Jerusalem, Thomas L. Friedman

Beirut’s Memory, Ayman Trawi

Jordan

Discoveries: Petra” Lost City of the Ancient World, Christian Auge

Jordan: Past and Present, E. Borgia

Lonely Planet Jordan, Anthony Ham

Egypt

Egypt (Eyewitness Travel Guide)

The Search for Ancient Egypt, Jean Vercoutter

National Geographic Traveler: Egypt, Andrew Humphries

Palestine

Palestine, Joes Sacco, Edward Said

Eyewitness Travel Guide to Jerusalem, Kate Poole

Palestine: A Guide, Mariam Shahin

Morocco

Insight Guide Morocco, Dorothy Stannard

Moorish Style, Miles Danby

Arab Authors

This is a small selection of writers from all over the Arab world. For an extremely complete list of Arab writers translated into English please go to the Arab Artists Resources & Training website www.aart.ws.

Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet

A Tear and a Smile

Treasured Writing of Kahlil Gibran

Diana Abu Jaber

The Language of Baklava; A Memoir

Crescent: A Novel

Arabian Jazz: A Novel

Mahmoud Darwish

Psalms

Flowers of Palestine

The Adam of Two Edens

Memory of Forgetfulness

Edward Said

Orientalism

Out of Place: A Memoir

The Paradox of Identity

Naguib Mahfouz

The Cario Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street

Children of the Alley

Arabian Nights and Days

Ahdaf Soueif

In the Eye of the Sun

The Map of Love

Aisha

Mourid Barghouti

I Saw Ramallah

Raja Shehadeh

Strangers in the House

When the Birds Stop Singing

Leila Ahmed

A Border Passage: From Cairo to America

Malika Oufkir

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

Freedom: The Story of My Second Life

Amin Maalouf

Leo Africanus

Samarkand

Rocks of Tanios

Crusades Through Arab Eyes