Shakir, Evelyn, 1938

Contributed to

Good works, good times
essay 1987

Summary: Evelyn Shakir (1938–2010) was a literary scholar. She was a pioneer in the study of Arab American literature, publishing some of the first academic papers to name Arab American literature as a field. She published several books, including Remember Me to Lebanon: Stories of Lebanese Women in America, a 2007 short story collection that won the Arab American National Book Award. Her memoirs were published posthumously as Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab-American Woman. She is remembered on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail, and the Arab American Book Award nonfiction prize was renamed in her honor. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Female [1][2][3]
Born: 1938-06-24 [2]
Birth Place: West Roxbury, Mass. [2]; West Roxbury [3]
Died: 2010 [2][3]
Death Place: West Roxbury, Mass. [2]
Country: United States [2]
Occupation: writer [3]
Employer: Tufts University [3]; Damascus University [3]; University of Bahrain [3]; Northeastern University [3]
Educated at: Boston University [3]; Harvard University [3]; Wellesley College [3]
Country of Education: United States [3]

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