Community Read 2023-2024: Hadha Baladuna

Produced by UM-Dearborn's Center for Arab American Studies, the San Jeem podcast highlights the work of the work of contemporary Arab American and ME/NA diaspora writers. Season 2, Episode 1 Ghassan Zeineddine, one of the editors of Hadha Baladuna

"A podcast that shares the immigrant stories from people who have ties to the immigrant identity. Cross cultural conversations that uplift."

This four part podcast, hosted by Rabia Mirza shares stories from queer Muslims, how they navigate stigma, and "examine the blurred lines between religion, sexuality, and culture."

Available from the Mardigian Library online.
"Examines the lives of three Arab Americans--a police officer, a Christian pastor, and a journalist--in New York City in the months since the terrorist attacks of September 2001."

Film available from the Mardigian Library.
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"The visit to Detroit's Arab American community by Shaykh Ghanim Mansour, one of the last epic storytellers from Egypt, shakes the cultural beliefs of immigrant parents and their American born children"

Available from the Mardigian Library PN1997.2 .A47 2009, Videos/2nd Flr
"Muna Farah, a Palestinian single mom, struggles to maintain her optimistic spirit in the daily grind of intimidating West Bank checkpoints, the constant nagging of a controlling mother, and the haunting shadows of a failed marriage. Everything changes one day when she receives a letter informing her that her family has been granted a U.S. green card, and she moves with her teenage son to small town Illinois."