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Introducing UPenn MENA Magazine, Fenjan: Interview with Laila Shadid

August 30, 2023

By Maryem Bouatlaoui

By: Maryem Bouatlaoui / Arab America Contributing Writer Fenjan is the University of Pennsylvania’s premier publication on the Middle East and North African (MENA) region, providing a media platform for MENA politics, art, and creative writing. Co-founder of Fenjan and former Arab America contributing writer, Laila Shadid, a Lebanese American, talks about what inspired her … Continued

Arab American Author Wins Pulitzer Prize in Biography for His Memoir “The Return”

April 12, 2017

By Julia Jahanpour

BY: Julia Jahanpour/Contributing Writer Libyan-American author, Hisham Matar, won the Pulitzer Prize in biography this year for The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, his personal memoir. The Pulitzer committee awarded America’s strongest writers in the fields of journalism, literature, and creative writing for its 101st year. Matar’s book chronicles his journey to discover what … Continued

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