LOS ANGELES

Wildfire Recovery

City Services

City Directory

Jump to Navigation Jump to Content

Arab American Heritage Month

An Arabic style blanket with a silver teapot and tray of dates and tea cups. Arab American Heritage Month, April 2024.

Explore

Podcast: Bassem Youssef
Exiled from Cairo: Humor as Dissent

Podcast: Riad Sattouf
and Elvis Mitchell
The Arab of the Future 2

Podcast: Hisham Aidi
Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture

Photographs: Shades of L.A.
The Arab American Community
in Los Angeles

Culture: Discover traditional recipes
popular in the Arab world

*Access with your library card.

Read

Book cover: Mishadra graphic novel
Book Review: Mis(h)adra
by Iasmin Omar Ata

Book cover: The Moor's Account.
Arab American Heritage Month titles
on Overdrive/Libby

Book cover: Anatomy of a disappearance
Book Review: The Anatomy of a disappearance: a novel by Hirsham Matar

Events

Picture of a professional belly dancer named Masha.

Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library

May 29, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Masha: International Belly Dancer The Art of Raqs Sharqi

Come celebrate Arab American Heritage Month and enjoy a professional Belly Dance performance by Masha. "Raqs Sharqi" is the Arabic term for...

Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library

May 29, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Henna Art (Khushboo Manchanda)

Come learn about the significance of Henna, how to make Henna and get your own Henna Tattoos! Participants will learn about the...

Connect with LAPL

Why support the Library?

The Los Angeles Public Library serves the largest most diverse population of any library in the United States.

Through its Central Library and 72 branches, the Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city's diverse communities.

With more people than ever before using the library—a record 17 million last year alone—your support helps the Library provide people with the resources they need to succeed and thrive.

How to support the Library

You can support the Los Angeles Public Library in several ways:

Join a “Friends” group. There is a “Friends of the Library” group for most branch libraries and departments of the Central Library. Friends groups raise money for improvements to their library through memberships, used book sales and other activities. For more information click here or talk to your local librarian.

Join the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. The Library Foundation is a non-profit organization that raises funds for Library enhancement programs such as adult and early literacy, children and teen reading clubs, technology, and cultural programs. Foundation members receive a variety of benefits with their membership. For more information, see http://www.lfla.org.

Make a donation by check to the Los Angeles Public Library and send it to:
Support the Library, 630 W. Fifth St., Los Angeles CA 90071 or call (213) 228-7272.

Top

Explore

Podcast: Bassem Youssef Exiled from Cairo: Humor as Dissent

Podcast: Riad Sattouf and Elvis MitchellThe Arab of the Future 2

Podcast: Hisham Aidi Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture

Biographies: Arab Americans

Photographs: Shades of L.A. The Arab American Community in Los Angeles

Culture: Discover traditional recipes popular in the Arab world