Intro
Contents
Introduction
1. Elmaz Abinader-Pain Management
2. George Abraham-In Which you do not Ask the State of Israel to Commit Suicide
3. Nabeel Abraham-On the Road with Bob: Peddling in the Early Sixties
4. Rabih Alameddine-Comforting Myths: Notes from a Purveyor
5. Hayan Charara-Going Places
6. Safia Elhillo-At the Intersection
7. Joseph Geha-Where I'm From-Originally
8. Hadil Ghoneim-Baba and the Pontiac
9. Layla Azmi Goushey-Profile of a Citizen: Generations Then and Now
10. Tariq Al Haydar-Machine Language
11. Randa Jarrar-Biblioclast
12. Fady Joudah-Your Name Is on the List and Other Vignettes
13. Joe Kadi-The Saving Grace of a Favorite Cousin
14. Mohja Kahf-I Cannot Go to Syria
15. Pauline Kaldas-From Looking Both Ways: Walking Home, To Walk Cautiously in the World, A Sense of Direction
16. Laila Lalami-So to Speak
17. Lisa Suhair Majaj-Journeys to Jerusalem
18. Khaled Mattawa-Repatriation: A Libya Memoir
19. Iman Mersal-The Displaced Voice
20. Phillip Meters-The Paperless "Palestinian" and the Russian P'liceman
21. Susan Muaddi Darraj-Bint Al-Halal: Mosaic of an Arab American Girlhood
22. Naomi Shihbab Nye-One Village
23. Steven Salaita-Why I Was Fired
24. Mathew Shenoda-Christopher Columbus Was A Damn Blasted Liar: On the Narrative of Discovery in Global Literature
25. Kamelya Omayma Youssef-Frayed Towel Made Holy: Prayer [Rug] for This Nonbeliever
Contributors
Acknowledgments.