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Arab American Heritage Month

An Arabic style blanket with a silver teapot and tray of dates and tea cups. Arab American Heritage Month, April 2024.

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Podcast: Bassem Youssef
Exiled from Cairo: Humor as Dissent

Podcast: Riad Sattouf
and Elvis Mitchell
The Arab of the Future 2

Podcast: Hisham Aidi
Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture

Photographs: Shades of L.A.
The Arab American Community
in Los Angeles

Culture: Discover traditional recipes
popular in the Arab world

Read

Book cover: Mishadra graphic novel
Book Review: Mis(h)adra
by Iasmin Omar Ata

Book cover: Amreekiya.
Arab American Heritage Month titles
on Overdrive/Libby

Book cover: Anatomy of a disappearance
Book Review: The Anatomy of a disappearance : a novel by Hirsham Matar

Events

Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library

April 2024, During Library Hours

Take-home Craft for Kids: Paper Lanterns

Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month with a take-home craft and make your own paper tea lantern!

Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library

April 29, 2024 3:30 PM

Movie Screening: "The Kite" (2003)

A rebellious teen (Flavia Behara) is forced to marry her cousin, although she favors a guard (Maher Bsaibes) who watches the Israeli-...

Alma Reaves Woods - Watts Branch Library

April 30, 2024 3:00 PM

Mosaic Name Bracelets

Celebrate Arabic American Heritage month by making a paper mosaic bracelet. Each tile will feature a letter of your name in Arabic...

Central Library

May 18, 2024 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

AAPI Joy: Wellness, Healing, Resilience, and Resistance

Celebrate the diversity of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities in Los Angeles at AAPI Joy, a free festival...

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Explore

Podcast: Bassem Youssef Exiled from Cairo: Humor as Dissent

Podcast: Riad Sattouf and Elvis MitchellThe Arab of the Future 2

Podcast: Hisham Aidi Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture

Biographies: Arab Americans

Photographs: Shades of L.A. The Arab American Community in Los Angeles

Culture: Discover traditional recipes popular in the Arab world