On July 30, 2016, the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art will be hosting an edit-a-thon at Shangri La in Honolulu, Hawaii. The edit-a-thon will primarily focus on improving Wikipedia's coverage of Arab American poets and poetry.
Samuel Hazo (improve citations)
Elmaz Abinader (include a picture)
Elia Abu Madi (add bibliography)
Gregory Orfalea (add citations from multiple sources)
Diana Abu-Jaber (improve citations)
Susan Muaddi Darraj (introduce links to this page from other articles)
Evelyn Shakir (add citations)
Joseph Geha (check formatting of citations)
ʻAkash, Munīr, and Khaled Mattawa, eds. Post-Gibran anthology of new Arab American writing. West Bethesda, Md.: Kitab ; Syracuse, NY: Distributed by Syracuse University Press, 1999.
Charara, Hayan, ed. Inclined to speak: an anthology of contemporary Arab American poetry. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2008.
Handal, Nathalie. The poetry of Arab women: a contemporary anthology. New York: Interlink Books, 2001.
Hornung, Alfred, and Martina Kohl, eds. Arab American literature and culture. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, [2012] ©2012.
Kadi, Joanna, ed. Food for our grandmothers: writings by Arab-American and Arab-Canadian feminists. Boston, MA: South End Press, c1994.
Orfalea, Gregory, and Sharif Elmusa, eds. Grape leaves: a century of Arab-American poetry. New York: Interlink Books, 2000.
Shihab Nye, Naomi, ed. The flag of childhood: poems from the Middle East. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002, ©1998.
Fadda-Conrey, Carol. Contemporary Arab-American literature: transnational reconfigurations of citizenship and belonging. New York; London: New York University Press, [2014]. (full text available through Voyager)
Kaldas, Pauline, and Khaled Mattawa, eds. Dinarzad's children: an anthology of contemporary Arab American fiction. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2009. (full text available through Voyager)
Salaita, Steven. Modern Arab American fiction: a reader's guide. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2011. (full text available through Voyager)
Salaita, Steven. Arab American literary fictions, cultures, and politics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, ©2007. (full text available through Voyager)
Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics. (available through JSTOR)
Arab Studies Quarterly. (available through JSTOR)
College Literature. (available through JSTOR)
MELUS: Journal of The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States. (available through JSTOR. See especially 31 no. 4)
World Literature Today. (available through JSTOR)
What counts as a reliable source
Guidelines for writing biographies of living persons
Wikipedia Manual of Style
On July 30, 2016, the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art will be hosting an edit-a-thon at Shangri La in Honolulu, Hawaii. The edit-a-thon will primarily focus on improving Wikipedia's coverage of Arab American poets and poetry.
Samuel Hazo (improve citations)
Elmaz Abinader (include a picture)
Elia Abu Madi (add bibliography)
Gregory Orfalea (add citations from multiple sources)
Diana Abu-Jaber (improve citations)
Susan Muaddi Darraj (introduce links to this page from other articles)
Evelyn Shakir (add citations)
Joseph Geha (check formatting of citations)
ʻAkash, Munīr, and Khaled Mattawa, eds. Post-Gibran anthology of new Arab American writing. West Bethesda, Md.: Kitab ; Syracuse, NY: Distributed by Syracuse University Press, 1999.
Charara, Hayan, ed. Inclined to speak: an anthology of contemporary Arab American poetry. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2008.
Handal, Nathalie. The poetry of Arab women: a contemporary anthology. New York: Interlink Books, 2001.
Hornung, Alfred, and Martina Kohl, eds. Arab American literature and culture. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, [2012] ©2012.
Kadi, Joanna, ed. Food for our grandmothers: writings by Arab-American and Arab-Canadian feminists. Boston, MA: South End Press, c1994.
Orfalea, Gregory, and Sharif Elmusa, eds. Grape leaves: a century of Arab-American poetry. New York: Interlink Books, 2000.
Shihab Nye, Naomi, ed. The flag of childhood: poems from the Middle East. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002, ©1998.
Fadda-Conrey, Carol. Contemporary Arab-American literature: transnational reconfigurations of citizenship and belonging. New York; London: New York University Press, [2014]. (full text available through Voyager)
Kaldas, Pauline, and Khaled Mattawa, eds. Dinarzad's children: an anthology of contemporary Arab American fiction. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2009. (full text available through Voyager)
Salaita, Steven. Modern Arab American fiction: a reader's guide. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2011. (full text available through Voyager)
Salaita, Steven. Arab American literary fictions, cultures, and politics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, ©2007. (full text available through Voyager)
Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics. (available through JSTOR)
Arab Studies Quarterly. (available through JSTOR)
College Literature. (available through JSTOR)
MELUS: Journal of The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States. (available through JSTOR. See especially 31 no. 4)
World Literature Today. (available through JSTOR)
What counts as a reliable source
Guidelines for writing biographies of living persons
Wikipedia Manual of Style