2024 Arab American Book Award Winners

(Books published in 2023) WINNERS   Fiction Shubeik Lubeik Deena Mohamed (Pantheon Books/Penguin Random House)   The Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award The Right Kind of Suffering: Gender, Sexuality, and Arab Asylum Seekers in America Rhoda Kanaaneh (University of Texas Press) Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a divided

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2024 Arab American Book Awards Ceremony

6 p.m. ET Saturday, November 9, 2024 2024 Arab American Book Awards Ceremony FREE with RSVP Register for in-person attendance OR Register for virtual attendance Join the 2024 Arab American Book Award winners and honorable mentions for an awards ceremony featuring readings from their awarded works. At a time when many

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2023 Arab American Book Awards Ceremony

6 p.m. ET Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 2023 Arab American Book Awards Ceremony FREE with RSVP Register for in-person attendance OR Register for virtual attendance Join the 2023 Arab American Book Award winners and honorable mentions, featuring awardees Chelsea Abdullah, Noor Naga, Edward E. Curtis IV, Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham,

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2023 Arab American Book Award Winners

(Books published in 2022) WINNERS   Fiction The Stardust Thief Chelsea Abdullah (Hachette Book Group/Orbit) If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English Noor Naga (Graywolf Press)   The Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award Muslims of the Heartland Edward E. Curtis IV (NYU Press) Hadha Baladuna Edited by Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham, and

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2023 Arab American Book Awards — Submission Deadline

Submit by Wednesday, March 1, 2023 2023 Arab American Book Award Submission Submission for the 2023 Book Award is now open! Head over to the Book Awards page to review the criteria and submit books published in English between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2022 for consideration. Submissions must be

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2022 Arab American Book Awards: A Ceremony of Live Readings

6 p.m. ET Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 Arab American Book Awards Ceremony FREE with RSVP Register for in-person attendance OR Register for virtual attendance Join the 2022 Arab American Book Award winners and honorable mentions, featuring awardees Eman Quotah, Mansoor Adayfi, Zainab Saleh, Threa Almontaser, Safia Elhillo, Michael W. Suleiman,

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2022 Arab American Book Award Winners

(Books published in 2021) WINNERS   Fiction Bride of the Sea Eman Quotah (Tin House)   The Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award Don’t Forget Us Here Mansoor Adayfe (Hachette Books) Return to Ruin: Iraqi Narratives of Exile and Nostalgia Zainab Saleh (Stanford University Press)   The George Ellenbogen Poetry Award The

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2022 Arab American Book Awards — Submission Deadline

Submit by Monday, Feb. 28, 2022 2022 Arab American Book Award Submission Submission for the 2022 Book Award is now open! Head over to the Book Awards page to review the criteria and submit books published in English between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 2021 for consideration. Submissions must be

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2021 Arab American Book Awards: A Ceremony of Live Readings

5 p.m. ET Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021 Arab American Book Awards Ceremony Online Livestream FREE with RSVP Join the 2021 Arab American Book Award winners and honorable mentions, featuring awardees Susan Abulhawa, Sarah M.A. Gualtieri, Helen Zughaib, George Abraham, Noor Naga, Aya Khalil, Anait Semirdzhyan, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Dima Alzayat

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2021 Arab American Book Award Winners

(Books published in 2020) WINNERS   Fiction Against the Loveless World Susan Abulhawa (Atria Books)   The Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award Arab Routes: Pathways to Syrian California Sarah M.A. Gualtieri (Stanford University Press) Stories My Father Told Me Helen Zughaib and Elia Zughaib (Cune Press)   The George Ellenbogen Poetry

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