Evelyn Shakir

About The Author

Evelyn Shakir is a writer, essayist, and scholar of Arab-American literature. She is the author of Bint Arab: Arab and Arab American Women in the United States and Remember Me to Lebanon: Stories of Lebanese Women in America.

Books by Evelyn Shakir

Teaching Arabs, Writing Self

Memoirs of an Arab-American Woman

By Evelyn Shakir
Evelyn Shakir’s witty, wise, and beautifully written memoir explores her status as an Arab American woman, from the subtle bigotry she faced in Massachusetts as a second-generation Lebanese whose parents were not only foreign but eccentric, to the equally poignant blend of dislocation and homecom...
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