Arab American Culture Resources
SUGGESTED READING
Country Specific:
The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Sa'ud
Lacy, Robert, Avon Books, 1981
State, Society, and Economy in Saudi Arabia
Niblock, Tim, 1982
The Political Economy of Saudi Arabia
Niblock, Tim and Monica Malik, Routledge, 2007
Voices of Change: Short Stories by Saudi Arabian Women Writers
Bagader, Abubaker, Ava M. Heinrichsdorff and D.S. Akers, 1998
The literature of Modern Arabia, an Anthology
Jayyusi, Salma Khadhra (ed), Columbia University Press, 2004
Beyond The Dunes: An Anthology of Modern Saudi Literature
Al-Hazimi, Mansour, Salma K. Jayyusi, and Izzat Khattab (eds), Palgrave, Macmillan 1988.
Region Specific:
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
Ahmed, Leila, 1991
Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999
Ashour, Radwa, Ferial Ghazoul, Hasna Reda-medkashi, The American University of Cairo, 2008
Islam: a short history, illustrated
Armstrong, Karen, Published by Modern Library, 2002
A History of God: the 4000-year quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Armstrong, Karen, Ballantine Books, 1994
The Battle for God
Armstrong, Karen, Alfred A. Knopf, 2000
Opening the Gates: A Century of Arab Feminist Writing
Badran, Margot and Miriam Cooke, 1990
Veil: Modesty, Privacy and Resistance
El Guindi, Fadwa, Berg, 1999
Islam, Gender, and Social Change
Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1988 Oxford University Press
The Arab World: Society, Culture and State
Halim Barakat, 1993
Islam & the Myth of Confrontation: Religion and Politics in the Middle East
Halliday, Fred, 1995
A History of the Arab Peoples
Hourani, Albert Habib, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991
Women and Power in the Middle East
Joseph, Suad, and Susan Slyomovics, 2001, university of Pennsylvania Press
In the name of identity: violence and the need to belong
Maalouf, Amin, Arcade Publishing, 2001
The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam
Mernissi, Fatima, Perseus Books Group, 1992
Beyond the Veil: Male-female Dynamics in Muslim Society
Mernissi, Fatima, Saqi Books, 2003
Islam and Democracy: Fear of the Modern World
Mernissi, Fatima, 1992
Seen and Heard: A Century of Arab Women in Literature and Culture
Mikhail, Mona
Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation
Ramadan, Tariq, 2008
In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
Ramadan, Tariq, 2009
Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity
Ramadan, Tariq, 2009
Arab Women: Between Defiance and Restraint
Sabbagh, Suha
Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient
Said, Edward Said, Penguin Modern Classics, 2003
Arab Women: Old Boundaries, New Frontiers
Tucker, Judith E., ed., Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1993
Contemporary Arab Women’s writing (Postcolonial Literature)
Valassopoulos, A., Routledge, 2007
WEBSITES
(Intercultural Communication Institute and Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication)
(Alex's films to watch but are not Arab, but Muslim centered, particularly American Muslims)
(Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research—a global professional organization)
UK Foreign Office Country Profiles
Foreign Affairs Canada Country Insights
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