List of Arab American writers

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Edward Abboud, political writer, author of Invisible Enemy: Israel, Politics, Media, and American Culture [1]
Elmaz Abinader, author, playwright and activist; PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award recipient
Diana Abu-Jaber, novelist
Elia Abu Madi, poet, publisher and member of the New York Pen League
Etel Adnan, poet, essayist, and visual artist
Munir Akash, author and translator; founding editor of Jusoor and Targa Europa (Decoration of Europe) recipient
Naseeb Arida, publisher associated with the New York Pen League
Joseph Awad, poet
Wadi Bahout, poet and member of the New York Pen League
William Peter Blatty, novelist
William Catzeflis, poet and member of the New York Pen League
Sharif Elmusa, poet and editor
Catherine Filloux, French-Algerian-American playwright
Joseph Geha, author of Through and Through
Khalil Gibran, author and member of the New York Pen League
Abdal-Masih Haddad, publisher associated with the New York Pen League
Nudra Haddad, poet and member of the New York Pen League
Suheir Hammad, poet, playwright, artist, Tony Award winner
Ray Hanania
Natalie Handal, poet, editor and PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award recipient
Samuel John Hazo, State Poet of Pennsylvania
Lawrence Joseph, poet
Daoud Kuttab, award winning Palestinian journalist. Ferris professor of journalism at Princeton University
Lisa Suhair Majaj, poet and literary scholar
Jack Marshall (author), poet and author (Iraqi father/Syrian mother)
Khaled Mattawa, poet and recipient of an Academy of American Poets award
D.H. Melhem, literary scholar and activist, American Book Award recipient
Claire Messud, author, Algerian
Mikha'il Na'ima (Mikhail Naimy), Nobel Prize-nominated author and member of the New York Pen League
Naomi Shihab Nye, poet
Gregory Orfalea, poet, essayist and historian
Amin al-Rihani (Ameen Rihani), "father of Arab American literature," author of first English-language Arab American novel, member of the New York Pen League and an amabassador
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany, writer on politics and religion
Salom Rizk, author of early Arab American immigrant autobiography, Syrian Yankee
Ramzi M. Salti, author of The Native Informant: Six Tales of Defiance from the Arab World
Anthony Shadid ^[1]
Evelyn Shakir, literary scholar
Mona Simpson, novelist