ODU Libraries offer a curated virtual book display to the Monarch community as we recognize Arab American Heritage Month this April!
Recently designated by the Virginia General Assembly, Arab American Heritage Month "commemorate(s) and celebrate(s) the essential contributions, sacrifices, and accomplishments that Arab Americans, with roots in 22 diverse Arab countries, have made and continue to make in the Commonwealth."
Discover the diverse narratives and cultural contributions of Arab Americans through books, films, and academic resources. From memoirs to scholarly works and visual media, this collection shines a light on the Arab American experience in its many forms.
Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism by 
Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream by 
A Community of Many Worlds: Arab Americans in New York City by 
Contemporary Arab American Women Writers: Hyphenated Identities and Border Crossings by 
A Country Called Amreeka: Arab Roots, American Stories by 
Culture, Class, and Work Among Arab-American Women by 
Dinarzad's Children: An Anthology of Arab American Fiction by 
Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab American Poetry by 
A History of Arab Graphic Design by 
Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience After 9/11 by 
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America by 
I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir by 
Modern Arab American Fiction: A Reader's Guide by 
The Selected Works of Yussef el Guindi by 
The Wrong End of the Telescope by 
Arab Americans in Film: From Hollywood and Egyptian Stereotypes to Self-Representation by 
Arab American Women: Representation and Refusal by 
Arab New York: Politics and Community in the Everyday Lives of Arab Americans by 
Articulations of Resistance: Transformative Practices in Contemporary Arab-American Poetry by 
Doomed by Hope: Essays on Arab Theatre by 
In This Arab Time: The Pursuit of Deliverance by 
Ten Arab Filmmakers: Political Dissent and Social Critique by 
This is What America Looks Like: My Journey From Refugee to Congresswoman by 
Young American Muslims: Dynamics of Identity by 
