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Each year the immigration and ethnic history society awards the george e. Deans outstanding teaching award, college of education 2017 the evelyn shakir nonfiction book. Her book, barriers to democracy 2007, which explores the role of civic associations in promoting democratic effects in the arab world, won the 2008 american political science best book award in the comparative democratization section. Winners announced for th annual arab american book awards. Stories of lebanese women in america syracuse university press, 2007, prof. The role of acculturation, religiosity, and perceived discrimination on the mental health of african, latinoa, and arab americans.
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Adult fiction, master of the eclipse by etel adnan. Prior to joining marquette, professor cainkar was a senior research fellow at the. The george ellenbogen poetry award went to something sinister carnegie mellon university press, 2016, by hayan charara. The book highlights the fraught and ambivalent situation of arabsmuslims in the americas, where they are at once celebrated. The dolly gray childrens literature award recognizes authors, illustrators, and publishers of high quality fictional and biographical children, intermediate, and young adult books that authentically portray individuals with developmental disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, and down syndrome. Safia elhillo has won the 2018 arab american book award, also known as the george ellenbogen poetry award, for her debut poetry collection the january children. Awarded the arab american book awards for her story collection master of the eclipse. The arabamerican creator of this book collected poems and paintings by middle eastern artists to share their rich culture and heritage. The cultural politics of diaspora traces the production and circulation of discourses about the middle east across various cultural sites, against the historical backdrop of crossatlantic mahjar flows. Naber, nadine gender and womens studies university of.
American indian youth literature award american indian. Hawkins award has been presented to the most outstanding work among each years entries its inception in 1976. She is the first sudanese american author to win the award a leading voice in the contemporary african poetry scene, elhillo is known for her experimental poetic style and her hardhitting. Being young and arab in america winner of the american book award winner of the arab american book award these are great stories about people who might be your neighbors, and bayoumi delivers them with urgency, compassion, wryness and hints of poetry.
Her areas of expertise include arab american studies, muslims in the united states, and immigrant communities. Awarded the francepays arabes award for her novel sitt marie rose. An arab american writer on family, place, and politics by gregory orfalea. Nathalie handal is the author of several books of poetry, including life in a country album, forthcoming from university of pittsburgh press in 2019, and the republics university of pittsburgh press, 2015, which received a 2016 arab american book award. Shakir extensively researched the history of arab women and wrote the groundbreaking work bint arab. To view lists of past winners, click on the years below.
Winners of the national book critics circle award in fiction. Naber, nadine arab american cultural center university. Nadine is an editorial board of the middle east research and information project. Fiction, general nonfiction, biographyautobiography, poetry, and criticism. Ray hananias 1996 book on growing up arab in american, from the humor to the reality, explores the experiences of arabs in america following his life during his childhood through his career in professional journalism. Religion and the waning of germanamerican identity in philadelphia, 19001930. Arab and arab american women in the united states in 1997. She is coeditor of the books race and arab americans syracuse university press, 2008. Master of the eclipse by etel adnan adult nonfiction. She is coeditor, with rabab abdulhadi and evelyn alsultany, of arab and arab american feminisms perspectives, winner of the arab american book award 2012 syracuse university press, 2010. By edward nawotka the winners of the 2010 arab american book award presented by the arab american national museum are. Awarded biennially, the aiyla identifies and honors the very best writing and illustrations by native americans and indigenous peoples of north america.
Im noticing some great hispanic american kidlit lately across all childrens book genres. The award is administered by the before columbus foundation, which established it in 1978 and inaugurated it in 1980, recognizing a list of eight 1979 publications. Her other books include, of empires and citizens and her coedited volume arab americans before and after 911. Russell kazal university of pennsylvania, becoming old stock. The program generates greater the arab american book awards is a literary program created to honor books written by and about arab americans. According to the 2010 awards press release, it is a writers award given by other writers and there are no categories, no nominees, and therefore no losers. Salt houses by hala alyan the evelyn shakir nonfiction award. An arab american writer on family, place, and politics by gregory orfalea university of arizona press poetry. The rise and fall of iran in arab public opinion, is drawn from his extensive polling across the middle east with zogby research services.