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1) Zeitoun
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, longtime New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into an unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. In the days after the storm, Abdulrahman traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared-- arrested and accused of being an agent of al Qaeda.
2) Here to stay
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2025 Read for a Lifetime
Arab American Heritage 2024
Arab American Heritage Month 2024: Teens
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Arab American Heritage 2024
Arab American Heritage Month 2024: Teens
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When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never happened and move on.
3) Man o' war
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On a field trip to SeaPlanet, seventeen-year-old Arab-American high school swimmer River McIntyre has a chance encounter with Indy, a happy, healthy queer person, which sets off a wrenching journey of self-discovery, from internalized homophobia and gender dysphoria, through layers of coming out, affirmation surgery, and true love.
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Arab American Heritage 2023
Arab American Heritage Month
Arab American Heritage Month 2022
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Arab American Heritage Month
Arab American Heritage Month 2022
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Sixteen-year-old Allie, aged seven when she knew her family was different and feared, struggles to claim her Muslim and Arabic heritage while finding her place as an American teenager.
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While her mother is out of town, sixteen-year-old Taliah accompanies her estranged father--a famous rock star who one day appears on her doorstep--to Oak Falls, Indiana, to meet his dying father and the rest of his family, and on the way, Taliah learns about how her parents met and separated, her mother's experience as a Jordanian immigrant, and her own ability to accept change and open up to others.
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Arab American Heritage 2023
Arab American Heritage 2024
Arab American Heritage Month 2022
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Arab American Heritage 2024
Arab American Heritage Month 2022
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A Muslim-American teen goes into denial mode about her role in an out-of-control party that occurred during Ramadan, a situation that escalates until she incurs damage that is harder to repair, forcing her to come to terms with her true self. --Publisher
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AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Arab American Heritage 2024
Arab American Heritage Month
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Arab American Heritage 2024
Arab American Heritage Month
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Nineteen poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States.
9) The Arabs
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Perspectives on the challenges faced by Arab immigrants, from their earliest experiences in America until today, and insight into the accomplishments of noted Arab immigrants.
10) Arab Americans
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A short history of the Arab immigrant experience in America, that also includes biographies on famous Americans of Arab descent.
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