Modern Arab American fiction: a reader's guide

Introduction

Uses of the Lebanese Civil War in Arab American fiction: Etel Adnan, Rawi Hage, Patricia Sarrafian Ward

Exploring Islam(s) in America: Mohja Kahf

Sex, violence, and storytelling: Rabih Alameddine

The eternity of immigration: Arab American short story collections (Joseph Geha, Frances Khirallah Noble, Evelyn Shakir, Susan Muaddi Darraj)

Promised lands and unfulfilled promises: Laila Halaby

Crescent moons, jazz music, and feral ethnicity: Diana Abu-Jaber

From the Maghreb to the American mainstream: writers of North African origin (Anouar Majid, Laila Lalami, Samia Serageldin)

Potpourri: Alicia Erian, Randa Jarrar, Susan Abulhawa.