This guide is an extension of the Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity guide and will focus specifically on racial demographics, information and creating equity for these groups.
Arab American Youth by Rhonda TabbahThis book examines the implications of discrimination in Arab American youth with a focus on K-12 school systems. It begins with an introduction to Arab American youth and their experiences in the education system. The book follows with an overview regarding historical contributions of discrimination and the history of discrimination against Arabs in America, including the education system.
ISBN: 9783030668037
Publication Date: 2021-03-28
Arab New York: Politics and Community in the Everyday Lives of Arab Americans by Emily Regan WillsMost non-Arab Americans know little about what life is actually like within Arab communities and in organizations run by and for the Arab community. Big political questions are central to the Arab American experience--how are politics integrated into Arab Americans' everyday lives? In this book, Emily Regan Wills looks outside the traditional ideas of political engagement to see the importance of politics in Arab American communities in New York.
Arabs and Muslims in the Media by Evelyn Alsultany
Call Number: 305.6 ALSU
ISBN: 9780814707319
Publication Date: 2012-08-20
The Road from Raqqa by Jordan Ritter ConnCrossing years and continents, the harrowing story of the road to reunion for two Syrian brothers who-despite a homeland at war and an ocean between them-hold fast to the bonds of family. "Riveting . . . a resplendent love letter to an obliterated city."-The New York Times "TheRoadfromRaqqa had me grippedfromthe first page.I couldn't put it down."-ChristyLefteri,author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo The Alkasem brothers, Riyad and Bashar, spend their childhood in Raqqa, the Syrian city that would later become the capital of ISIS. As a teenager in the 1980s, Riyad witnesses the devastating aftermath of the Hama massacre-an atrocity that the Hafez al-Assad regime commits upon its people. Wanting to expand his notion of government and justice, Riyad moves to the United States to study law, but his plans are derailed and he eventually falls in love with a Southern belle. They move to a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, where they raise two sons and where Riyad opens a restaurant-Cafe? Rakka-cooking the food his grandmother used to make. But he finds himself confronted with the darker side of American freedoms- the hardscrabble life of a newly arrived immigrant, enduring bigotry, poverty, and loneliness. Years pass, and at the height of Syria's civil war, fearing for his family's safety halfway across the world, he risks his own life by making a dangerous trip back to Raqqa. Bashar, meanwhile, in Syria. After his older brother moves to America, Bashar embarks on a brilliant legal career under the same corrupt Assad government that Riyad despises. Reluctant to abandon his comfortable (albeit conflicted) life, he fails to perceive the threat of ISIS until it's nearly too late. The Road from Raqqa brings us into the lives of two brothers bound by their love for each other and for the war-ravaged city they call home. It's about a family caught in the middle of the most significant global events of the new millennium, America's fraught but hopeful relationship to its own immigrants, and the toll of dictatorship and war on everyday families. It's a book that captures all the desperation, tenacity, and hope that come with the revelation that we can find home in one another when the lands of our forefathers fail us.
Call Number: 956.912 C66 2021
ISBN: 9780525482871
Publication Date: 2021-07-13
Understanding Arabs: A Contemporary Guide to Arab Society by Margaret K. Nydell
Watching the news, it seems like ethnic divides are ever-deepening. But how can we solve these complicated problems when each side lives in fear of the other? The answer is simple, argues Syrian-American poet Amal Kassir - it starts with, “What’s your name?”
Jerry Stinnett talks about why Arab-American invisibility is an important issue and how universities can provide better resources for this growing group of individuals.