Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access

Arab-American Writers: Great Reads to Diversify Your Collection

On Demand

ALA Unit/Subunit: IRO

Moderator(s)

LH

Laila Hussein Moustafa

Associate Professor and the Middle East and north African Studies Librarian and an adjunct faculty
iSchool in the University of Illinois, Illinois

Speaker(s)

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Rachel Norman

Assistant Professor of English
Linfield University, Oregon
CF

Carol W.N. Fadda

Associate Professor of English
Syracuse University, New York
PH

Pauline Homsi Vinson

Professor
Diablo Valley College
Abby Fogarty

2021 graduate of MS in Information Management program
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

Slides Slides

Interested in diversifying your collection to include new voices and perspectives that help enlighten and connect? Arab American literature is a growing chapter in the diversity of American literature. Hear from Arab American literature scholars who will provide you an overview and insight into the Arab American literary community and the richness of and variety of writers creating novels, poetry, memoirs, comics and more, for adults and young adults. The program will provide information on resources, including a specially created Guide (LibGuide) online for this program, to help you to develop your knowledge and your collections to engage readers.

Learning Objectives:

To help diversify library collections and provide new authors from across the Arab world and diaspora who are creating engrossing fiction and non-fiction in Arabic or English (including in translation)
Panelists will highlight Arab American literature