Moustafa Bayoumi

Moustafa Bayoumi is an associate professor at Brooklyn College. He is a co-editor of The Edward Said Reader (Vintage) and the author of How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America (Penguin Press).

Currently

  • The Searchers

    October 22, 2008

    Tribalism is in vogue among conservative Middle East scholars. But a better understanding comes from investigating regional ties rather than sectarian divisions.

2006

  • A Light in Brooklyn

    September 7, 2006 Subscribe

    In Brooklyn, a beleaguered Arab-American community copes with bigotry and heightened government scrutiny post-9/11.

  • Arab America's September 11

    September 7, 2006 Subscribe

    Arab Americans are experiencing something similar to McCarthy-era redbaiting, but the cold war performed better on racial justice than Bush's "war on terror."

2005

  • Disco Inferno

    December 7, 2005

    Military detainees have been subjected to starvation, sleep deprivation and now Metallica and Britney Spears. Blasted at high volume, torture music has become a weapon of war, used to destroy the minds of Muslim detainees. It's time for musicians to speak up.

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