'Although there are 22 separate Arab nationalities representing an enormous variety of cultural backgrounds and experiences, the portrayal of Arabs in Australia tends to range from homogenising (at best) to racist pop-culture caricatures.
'Edited by award-winning author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, and activist and poet Sara Saleh, and featuring contributors Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Ruby Hamad and Paula Abood, among many others, this collection explores the experience of living as a member of the Arab diaspora in Australia and includes stories of family, ethnicity, history, isolation, belonging and identity.' (Publication summary)
'It was at a March 2002 camp at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Health where I overheard Steve Jones, who was awarded dux that year, talking about my family.' (Introduction)
'This book review explores contemporary first-hand accounts of Arab Australian identities and the role of race and racism in shaping personal and group identity.' (Publication abstract)
'Western understanding of the Middle East, wrote Edward Said in his 1978 book Orientalism, had long been constructed in binary opposition to the West. Dividing lines were drawn to serve the dominant colonising power. The Arab world was defined as sensuous, uncivilised, depraved, other.' (Introduction)
'Western understanding of the Middle East, wrote Edward Said in his 1978 book Orientalism, had long been constructed in binary opposition to the West. Dividing lines were drawn to serve the dominant colonising power. The Arab world was defined as sensuous, uncivilised, depraved, other.' (Introduction)
'This book review explores contemporary first-hand accounts of Arab Australian identities and the role of race and racism in shaping personal and group identity.' (Publication abstract)
'It was at a March 2002 camp at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Health where I overheard Steve Jones, who was awarded dux that year, talking about my family.' (Introduction)
