October 21, 2004

Prepared by the Staff of Rentschler Library
Miami University Hamilton

Arab Americans

Akash, Munir, and Khaled Mattawa. Post-Gibran Anthology of New Arab American Writing. West Bethesda, MD: Kitab; Distributed by Syracuse University Press, 1999.

Boosahda, Elizabeth. Arab-American Faces and Voices: The Origins of an Immigrant Community. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003.

Hooglund, Eric J. Crossing the Waters: Arabic-Speaking Immigrants to the United States before 1940. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987.

Hourani, Albert Habib, and Malise Ruthven. A History of the Arab Peoples. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002.

Kadi, Joanna. Food for Our Grandmothers: Writings by Arab-American and Arab-Canadian Feminists. Boston: South End Press, 1994.

Kulwicki, Anahid Dervartanian. "Arab Americans." In Multicultural Awareness in the Health Care Professions, ed. Maria C. Julia. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996.

Morlino, Robert. "'Our Enemies among Us!' the Portrayal of Arab and Muslim Americans in Post-9/11 American Media." In Civil Rights in Peril: The Targeting of Arabs and Muslims, ed. Elaine Catherine Hagopian. Ann Arbor: Haymarket Books, 2004.

Naff, Alixa. Becoming American: The Early Arab Immigrant Experience. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985.

Orfalea, Gregory. Before the Flames: A Quest for the History of Arab Americans. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1988.

Orfalea, Gregory, and Sharif Elmusa. Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-American Poetry. New York: Interlink Books, 2000.

Read, Jen'nan Ghazal. Culture, Class, and Work among Arab-American Women. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2004.

Shaheen, Jack G. Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture. Washington, DC: Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, History and International Affairs, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 1997.

________. Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People. New York: Olive Branch Press, 2001.

Shakir, Evelyn. Bint Arab: Arab and Arab American Women in the United States. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997.

Suleiman, Michael W. "Arab-Americans: A Community Profile." In Islam in North America: A Sourcebook, ed. Michael A. Koszegi and J. Gordon Melton. New York: Garland, 1992.

________. "Arab-Americans and the Political Process." In The Development of Arab-American Identity, ed. Ernest N. McCarus. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994.

________. Arabs in America: Building a New Future. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999.

Islam and Muslims

Ali, Abdullah Yusuf. The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an [includes translation and commentary]. Beltsville, MD: Amana Publications, 1989.

Astrolabe Pictures, and Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati. Understanding Islam and the American Muslim Community a Visit to a Mosque in America (50 min. video). Sterling, VA: Astrolabe Pictures, 2002.

Bagby, Ihsan. "The Mosque and the American Public Square." In Muslims' Place in the American Public Square: Hope, Fears, and Aspirations, ed. Zahid H. Bukhari, Sulayman S. Nyang, Mumtaz Ahmad and John L. Esposito. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2004.

Bulliet, Richard W. The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.

Esposito, John L. What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck. "Islamist Perceptions of U.S. Policy in the Middle East." In The Middle East and the United States: A Historical and Political Reassessment, ed. David W. Lesch. Boulder: Westview Press, 2003.

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, and John L. Esposito. Muslims on the Americanization Path? New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Haneef, Suzanne. What Everyone Should Know About Islam and Muslims. Chicago: Library of Islam, 1996.

"Islam." In How to Be a Perfect Stranger: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies, ed. Arthur J. Magida. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1996.

Leonard, Karen Isaksen. Muslims in the United States: The State of Research. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003.

Miller, John, and Aaron Kenedi. Inside Islam: The Faith, the People, and the Conflicts of the World's Fastest-Growing Religion. New York: Marlowe & Co., 2002.

Pearson, Robert P., and Leon E. Clark. Through Middle Eastern Eyes (Post 9/11 Edition). New York: Center for International Training and Education: Distributed by Apex Press, 2002.