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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

Bassem Youssef.

Podcast: Bassem Youssef
Exiled from Cairo: Humor as Dissent

Author Riad Sattouf

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

Author Hisham Aidi.

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


Author Ream Shukairy

Biographies: Arab Americans

*Access with your library card.

Family portrait of an Arab American family in Los Angeles.

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


Culture: Discover traditional recipes
popular in the Arab world

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Check Out

Happy Arab American Heritage Month book display
Arab American Heritage Month display available for check out at
Expo Park Regional Branch Library

assorted book covers
Arab American Heritage Month titles
on Overdrive/Libby

Book cover: Anatomy of a disappearance
Collection of Films on Kanopy

Books for Arab American Heritage Month

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