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Arab American Book Award

The Arab American Book Award, established in 2006, is an annual literary award to celebrate and support the research of, and the written work of, Arab Americans and their culture. The Arab American Book Award encourages the publication and excellence of books that preserve and advance the understanding, knowledge, and resources of the Arab American community by celebrating the thoughts and lives of Arab Americans. The purpose of the Award is to inspire authors, educate readers and foster a respect and understanding of the Arab American culture.[1]

Arab American Book Award
First awarded2006
Last awardedActive
Websitearabamericanmuseum.org/book-awards/

The Arab American Book Award was brought about by the Arab American National Museum and faculty members of the nearby University of Toledo. The winning titles are chosen by groups of selected readers including respected authors, university professors, artists and AANM staff. The Awards are given during an invitation only event in the Fall of the award year. The AANM first gave these awards in 2007 for books published in 2006; for 2007, the number of submissions more than doubled from the inaugural year.[2]

To help ensure the continuity of the Arab American Book Award a special endowment fund has been launched with a $10,000 gift from Drs. A. Adnan and Barbara C. Aswad. Dr. Barbara C. Aswad is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and a past president of the Middle Eastern Studies Association and a Board Member Emerita for the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), parent organization of the Arab American National Museum. Dr. A. Adnan Aswad is Professor Emeritus of Engineering at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. The Aswads, now based in Los Angeles, were inspired to make the gift after the inaugural Book Award ceremony in Fall 2007.[2]

In 2011, the non-fiction prize was renamed to honor the legacy and contributions to Arab American scholarship of Evelyn Shakir, who died of breast cancer in 2010. In addition to winning the Arab American Book Award for Fiction in 2008, Professor Shakir extensively researched the history of Arab women and wrote the groundbreaking work Bint Arab: Arab and Arab American Women in the United States in 1997. Evelyn's longtime partner, poet George Ellenbogen, established the award in collaboration with the Arab American National Museum.[3]

Chronology change (2009) edit

In 2009, The Arab American Book Award Committee changed the name of the '2008 Arab American Book Award' to the '2009 Arab American Book Award' in order to reflect the true award date instead of the publication date of the winning books. All dates in the previous Award years were also changed retroactively. While the date within the Award name has changed, the rules regarding the publication dates for eligible submissions have not.

Award recipients edit

Adult fiction edit

Winners and honorable mentions in Adult fiction[4]
YearAuthor(s)TitleResultRef.
2007Hisham MatarIn the Country of MenWinner[5]
2008Evelyn ShakirRemember Me to LebanonWinner[6]
Diana Abu-JaberOriginHonorable mention[6]
2009Randa JarrarA Map of Home: A NovelWinner[7]
2010Etel AdnanMaster of the Eclipse: And Other StoriesWinner[8]
2011Thérèse Soukar ChehadeLoom: a NovelWinner[9][10]
2012Diana Abu-JaberBirds of ParadiseWinner[11]
Hisham MatarAnatomy of a DisappearanceHonorable mention[11]
2013Joseph GehaLebanese BlondeWinner[12]
Hedy HabraFlying CarpetsHonorable mention[12]
2014Sinan AntoonThe Corpse WasherWinner[13]
Claire MessudThe Woman Upstairs Honorable mention[13]
2015Rabih AlameddineAn Unnecessary Woman Winner (tie)[14][15]
Laila LalamiThe Moor's Account
2016Susan Muaddi DarrajA Curious Land Winner[16]
Rajia HassibIn the Language of MiraclesHonorable mention[16]
2017Rabih AlameddineThe Angel of History Winner[17]
Mona Awad13 Ways of Looking at a Fat GirlHonorable mention[17]
2018Hala AlyanSalt HousesWinner[18]
2019Lena MahmoudAmreekiyaWinner[19]
2020Laila LalamiThe Other Americans Winner[20][21][22]
Etaf RumA Woman is No Man Honorable mention[20]
2021Susan AbulhawaAgainst the Loveless WorldWinner[21][23]
Dima AlzayatAlligator And Other StoriesHonorable mention[23]
2022Eman QuotahBride of the SeaWinner[24][21]
2023Chelsea AbdullahThe Stardust ThiefWinner (tie)[21][25][26]
Noor NagaIf an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award edit

Prior to 2011, this award was referred to primarily as the Non-Fiction Award.

Winners and honorable mentions in non-fiction[4]
YearAuthor(s)TitleResultRef.
2007Rashid KhalidiThe Iron CageWinner[5]
Randa KayyaliThe Arab AmericansHonorable mention[5]
Tim Jon Semmerling“Evil” Arabs in American Popular Film
2008John Tofik KaramAnother ArabesqueWinner[6]
Raff EllisKisses from a DistanceHonorable mention[6]
Nawal NasrallahAnnals of the Caliphs’ Kitchens
2009Moustafa BayoumiHow Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in AmericaWinner[7]
Fayeq OweisThe Encyclopedia of Arab American ArtistsHonorable mention[7]
Saree MakdisiPalestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
2010Gregory OrfaleaAngeleno Days: An Arab American Writer on Family, Place, and PoliticsWinner[8]
Louise CainkarHomeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience After 9/11Honorable mention[8]
Alia MalekA Country Called Amreeka: Arab Roots, American Stories.
2011Samir Abu-AbsiArab Americans in Toledo: Cultural Assimilation and Community Involvement editedWinner[9][10]
Manal M. OmarBarefoot in BaghdadHonorable mention[9][10]
2012Rabab Abdulhadi, Evelyn Alsultany and Nadine Naber (eds.)Arab and Arab-American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, & Belonging editedWinner[11]
Steven SalaitaModern Arab-American Fiction: A Reader's GuideHonorable mention[11]
2013Anthony ShadidHouse of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and Lost Middle EastWinner[12]
Sophia Al MariaThe Girl Who Fell to EarthHonorable mention[12]
Soha Al-JurfEven My Voice Is Silence
2014Nadje Al-Ali and Deborah Al-NajjarWe Are Iraqis: Aesthetics and Politics in a Time of War editedWinner[13]
Evelyn Alsultany and Ella ShohatBetween the Middle East and the Americas: The Cultural Politics of Diaspora editedHonorable mention[13]
Laila el-Haddad and Maggie SchmittThe Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Cultural Journey
2015Sally HowellOld Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American PastWinner[14][15]
2016Moustafa BayoumiThis Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on TerrorWinner (tie)[16]
Mona M. Amer and Germine H. AwadHandbook of Arab American Psychology
2017Steven SalaitaInter/Nationalism: Decolonizing Native America and PalestineWinner[17]
Hanan HammadIndustrial Sexuality: Gender, Urbanization, and Social Transformation in EgyptHonorable mention[17]
2018Pamela E. PennockThe Rise of the Arab-American Left: Activists, Allies, and Their Fight Against Imperialism and Racism, 1960s–1980sWinner[18]
Mehammed Amadeus MackSexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National CultureHonorable mention[18]
2019Oswaldo TruzziSyrian and Lebanese Patricios in Sao Paulo,Winner[19]
2020Massoud HayounWhen We Were Arabs: A Jewish Family’s Forgotten HistoryWinner (tie)[20][21]
Stacy FahrentholdBetween the Ottomans and the Entente: The First World War in the Syrian and Lebanese Diaspora, 1908-1925
Sherine HafezWomen of the Midan: The Untold Stories of Egypt's RevolutionariesHonorable mention[20]
2021Sarah M.A. GualtieriArab Routes: Pathways to Syrian CaliforniaWinner (tie)[23][21]
Helen Zughaib and Elia ZughaibStories My Father Told Me
Sirène HarbArticulations Of Resistance: Transformative Practices in Contemporary Arab American PoetryHonorable mention[23]
2022Mansoor AdayfeDon’t Forget Us HereWinner (tie)[24][21]
Zainab SalehReturn to Ruin: Iraqi Narratives of Exile and Nostalgia
Michael W. Suleiman, Suad Joseph, and Louise CainkarArab American Women: Representation and RefusalHonorable mention[24]
2023Edward E. Curtis IVMuslims of the HeartlandWinner (tie)[21][25][26]
Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham, and Sally Howell (Eds.)Hadha Baladuna
Evelyn AlsultanyBroken: The Failed Promise of Muslim InclusionHonorable mention[25][26]
Louise Cainkar, Pauline Homsi Vinson, and Amira Jarmakani (Eds.)Sajjilu: A Reader in SWANA StudiesHonorable mention
Luma MuflehLearning America: One Woman’s Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee ChildrenHonorable mention

Children's/Young Adult edit

Children's/Young Adult winners and honorable mentions[4][27][28]
YearAuthor(s)TitleResultRef.
2007Eve Bunting with Ted Lewin (illus.)One Green AppleWinner[5]
2008Ibtisam BarakatTasting the Sky: A Palestinian ChildhoodWinner[6]
2009Naomi Shihab NyeHoneybee: Poems & Short ProseWinner[7]
2010No winner [8]
2011Diane StanleySaving SkyWinner[9][10]
Maha Addasi with Ned Gannon (illus.)Time to PrayHonorable mention[9][10]
2012No winner
2013Karen Leggett Abouraya and Susan L. RothHands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured BooksWinner[12]
Tahereh MafiShatter MeHonorable mention[12]
2014Yvonne Wakim Dennis and Maha AddasiKids Guide to Arab American HistoryWinner[13]
Saima S. HussainThe Arab World Thought of ItHonorable mention[13]
2015Naomi Shihab NyeThe Turtle of OmanWinner[14][15]
Elsa Marston with Claire Ewart (illus.)The Olive TreeHonorable mention[14]
2016No Winner [16]
2017Michelle ChalfounThe Treasure of Maria MamounWinner[17]
Hayan ChararaThe Three LucysHonorable mention[17]
Ibtisam BarakatBalcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine
2018No Winner [18]
2019Hoda KotbI’ve Loved You Since ForeverWinner[19]
Somaiya DaudMirageHonorable mention[19]
2020Malaka GharibI Was Their American Dream: A Graphic MemoirWinner[20][29]
Jasmine WargaOther Words for HomeHonorable mention[20]
2021Aya Khalil with Anait Semirdzhyan (illus.)The Arabic QuiltWinner (tie)[23]
Susan Muaddi DarrajFarah Rocks Fifth Grade
2022Safia ElhilloHome is Not a CountryWinner[24]
2023Cathy CamperArab, Arab All Year Long!Winner (C)[25][26]
Rashida Tlaib, Adam Tlaib, and Miranda PaulMama in Congress: Rashida Tlaib’s Journey to WashingtonHonorable mention (C)[25][26]
Nora Lester MuradIda in the MiddleWinner (YA)[25][26]
Naomi Shihab NyeThe Turtle of MichiganHonorable mention (YA)[25][26]

George Ellenbogen Poetry Award edit

Winners and honorable mentions in poetry[4]
YearAuthor(s)TitleResultRef.
2009Suheir Hammadbreaking poemsWinner[7]
2010Dunya MikhailDiary of a Wave Outside the SeaWinner[8]
2011Khaled MattawaTocquevilleWinner[9][10]
Farid MatukThis Is a Nice NeighborhoodHonorable mention[9][10]
2012Philip MetresAbu Ghraib AriasWinner[11]
Naomi Shihab NyeTransferHonorable mention[11]
2013Hala AlyanAtriumWinner[12]
Etel AdnanSea and FogHonorable mention[12]
2014Philip MetresA Concordance of LeavesWinner[13]
Farid MatukMy Daughter La CholaHonorable mention[13]
Fady JoudahAlight
2015Matthew ShenodaTahrir Suite: PoemsWinner[14][15]
Samuel HazoAnd the Time Is: Poems, 1958-2003Honorable mention[14]
2016Nathalie HandalThe RepublicsWinner[16][30]
Philip MetresSand OperaHonorable mention[16]
2017Hayan ChararaSomething SinisterWinner[17]
Lauren CampOne Hundred HungersHonorable mention[17]
Mohja KahfHagar Poems
2018Safia ElhilloThe January ChildrenWinner[18]
Lena Khalaf TuffahaWater & SaltHonorable mention[18]
2019Fady JoudahFootnotes in the Order of DisappearanceWinner[19]
Noor Al-SamarraiEl CerritoHonorable mention[19]
2020Zaina AlsousA Theory of BirdsWinner[20]
Marwa HelalInvasive SpeciesHonorable mention[20]
2021George AbrahamBirthrightWinner[23]
Noor NagaWashes, PraysHonorable mention[23]
2022Threa AlmontaserThe Wild Fox of YemenWinner[24]
Eli Tareq Bechelany-LynchThe Good ArabsHonorable mention[24]
2023Zeina Hashem BeckOWinner[25][26]
Noor HindiDEAR GOD. DEAR BONES. DEAR YELLOW.Honorable mention[25][26]
Lubna SafiYour Blue and the Quiet Lament

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Arab American Book Award Official Webpage http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/bookaward Archived 2018-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Arab American National Museum Press Release, October 13, 2008
  3. ^ Evelyn Shakir: Remembering a West Roxbury writing pioneer "Evelyn Shakir: Remembering a West Roxbury writing pioneer - Taunton, MA - the Taunton Gazette". Archived from the original on 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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  22. ^ Weber, Jessica (2020-10-22). "Laila Lalami winner of 2020 Arab American Book Award". Inside UCR. University of California, Riverside. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
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