Alia's
Recomendations
If
you’re interested in learning more about the Middle East,
Muslims or Arab Americans, these are some of my picks, but certainly
not everything I could recommend.
 SUGGESTED
READING
Between
Arab and White by Sarah Gualtieri
The
History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani
The Essential Koran presented by Thomas Cleary
Pity the Nation by Robert Fisk
The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
Orientalism by Edward Said
The Crusades Through the Eyes of the Arabs by Amin Malouf
Kahlil Gibran: His Life and World by Jean and Kahlil Gibran
Tasting the Sky by Ibtisam Barakat
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Arabian Nights by Husain Haddawy
CONTEMPORY
FICTION AND POETRY
Love
and Strange Horses by Nathalie Handal
Born
Palestinian, Born Black by Suheir Hamad
Secret
Son by Laila Lalami
A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar
Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
Little Mountain by Elias Khoury
Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury
On Entering the Sea by Nizar Kabbani
Scar of David by Susan Abulhawa
Unfortunately, It Was Paradise by Mahmoud Darwish
Geographies of Light by Lisa Suhair Majaj
Season of Migration to the North by Tayib Saleh
Words Under the Words by Naomi Shihab Nye
NON-
FICTION BOOKS
Arab
Voices Speak To American Hearts by Samar Dahmash-Jarrah
 FILMS
AND DOCUMENTARIES TO WATCH
Caramel
Paradise Now
West Beirut
Axis of Evil Comedy Tour
Pomegranates and Myrrh
Waltz With Basher
Under the Bombs
Salt of This Sea
Occupation 101
Battle of Algiers
SOME
ARABIC MUSIC TO CHECK OUT
Om
Kalthoum (Egyptian diva, Arabic idol)
Fairuz (Lebanese diva, more modern Arabic idol)
Isheman (Om Kalhtoum’s often forgotten Cairo contemporary)
Majda Roumi (Lebanon’s crystal voice of the 80’s
and today)
Haifa Wehbe (Lebanon’s cross between Madonna and Brittney)
Marcel Khalifa (Lebanon’s Bob Dylan)
Amr Diab (The king of Arabic pop music)
Raghib Alami (The prince of Arabic pop music)
Cheb Khalid (Algeria’s Rai music at its pop finest)
DAM (Palestinian rappers; dam means blood in Arabic)
The Arab Summit, including Ragtop and Omar Offendum (Arab American hip hop artists connected to it all)
 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Arab
American Institute
National
Association of Arab American Professionals
Arab
American Anti Discrimination Committee
Muslim
Public Affairs Council
Access
Arab
Film Festival
Dubai
International Film Festival
Arab
Film Distribution
Al
Shouf Cedar Reserve
UN
Economic Commission for Western Asia
In’aash
Palestine
Children’s Relief Fund
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