Episode 11: Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch discusses their award-winning book of poetry, The Good Arabs.
Episode 10: Reda Taleb
Reda Taleb discusses her children’s book, Noura’s Extraordinary Superpower! A Book For Youth With Incarcerated Loved Ones And How to Activate The Innate Superpower of Empathy for Healing.
Episode 9: Omar El Akkad
Omar El Akkad discusses his award winning novel, What Strange Paradise.
Episode 8: Wessam Elmeligi
Wessam Elmeligi discusses his two graphic novels, Y and Y and Jamila.
Episode 7: Hajjar Baban
Hajjar Baban discusses her award-winning poetry chapbook, What I Know of the Mountains.
Episode 6: Safia Elhillo
Safia Elhillo discusses her award-winning novel in verse, Home is Not a Country.
Episode 5: Heather Raffo
Heather Raffo, award-winning playwright and performer, discusses her many works including 9 Parts of Desire, Fallujah, and Noura.
Episode 3: Kamelya Omaya Youssef
Kamelya Omaya Youssef discusses her award winning poetry book, A book with a hole in it.
Episode 2: Rabih Alameddine
Rabih Alameddine discusses his award winning novel, The Wrong End of the Telescope.
Episode 1: Ghassan Abou-Zeineddine
Ghassan Abou-Zeineddine discusses his 2023 Michigan Notable Book, Hadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging.