selected publications

books

Author, Beyond Slash, Burn, and Poison: Transforming Breast Cancer Stories into Action. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2004).

sample chapter lorde-chapter

Editor, Jessie Fauset, The Chinaberry Tree and Selected Writings (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1995).

Editor, The Sleeper Wakes: Harlem Renaissance Stories by Women (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1993).

scholarly articles

“The Fallacy of Academic Freedom and the Academic Boycott of Israel.” CR: The New Centennial Review. Vol. 8 No. 2 (fall 2008): 87-110.

sample chapter: newman-fallacy-academic-freedom-academic-boycott

Co-editor, with Salah Hassan, Special Issue on Arab American Literature for the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS) Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Winter 2007).

“Interview with Suheir Hammad.” Special Issue on Arab American Literature for the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS) Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Winter 2007): 71-91.

sample chapter: melus-arab-american

“Fair and Balanced?: Sanctity v. Reality in the Theory and Practices of Academic Freedom.” Palestine-Israel Journal. Vol. 12 No. 2/3 (2005): 101-108. Note: This article was submitted before I became actively involved in the academic boycott and came to believe in normalization as destructive.

sample chapter: fair-and-balanced1

“Naomi Shihab Nye.” The Heath Anthology of American Literature: Contemporary Period, 1945 to the Present. Ed. Paul Lauter. Volume 2. 5th Edition. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005): 2975-2982.

“Naomi Shihab Nye” Instructor’s Guide, The Heath Anthology of American Literature: Contemporary Period, 1945 to the Present. Ed. Paul Lauter. Volume 2. 6th Edition. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006): 991-999.

sample chapter: heath-anthology

“Public Eyes: Investigating the Causes of Breast Cancer.” In New Perspectives on Environmental Justice: Gender/ Sexuality/Activism. Ed. Rachel Stein. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2004): 161-176.

sample chapter: public-eyes

articles

“Ethnic Cleansing, One Home at a Time.” Electronic Intifada. (April 21, 2009).

With Rania Masri, “A Call for Boycott.” Dissident Voice. (March 30, 2009).

«في يوم الأرض… فلنقف مع المقاطعة الأكاديميّة» مع رانية مصري ٣٠ آذار ٢٠٠٩

“West Bank villagers pushed away from their valley.” Electronic Intifada. (March 17, 2009).

“Ethnic cleansing in East Jerusalem.” Electronic Intifada. (March 10, 2009).

with Akram Habeeb, “Rebuilding the Islamic University of Gaza.” Electronic Intifada. (February 16, 2009).

with Rania Masri, “Why American Academics Must Join the Boycott of Israel.” Electronic Intifada. (January 18, 2009).

with Rania Masri, “An Open Letter to our American Colleagues in the Midst of the Massacre in Gaza.” Dissident Voice. (January 10, 2009).

“Will Palestinians Hit Hillary’s Glass Ceiling?” Electronic Intifada (December 2, 2008)

فلنؤسّس الديموقراطية في أميــركا بدل تصديرها ٢٠/١٠/٢٠٠٨ الأخبار

«نكبة سكّان نيو أورليانز وجنـوب لبنان ونهر البارد» الأخبار ٦/٧/٢٠٠٨

“Israeli Forces Terrorize Deheishe Refugee Camp.” Electronic Intifada. (June 20, 2008).


“Searching for Home.” The Boise Weekly. (May 14, 2008).

«عن التلوث البيي و اسرطان وأرباح الشركات» الأخبار ٢٨/١/٢٠٠٨

“Zionists use anti-Semitism Label to Silence Critics of Israeli Policies.” Idaho Statesman. (December 6, 2007).

“Where is the Civility?” Arbiter. (December 6, 2007).

“Academic Freedom and Islam at Boise State.” Arbiter. (October 18, 2007).

“Dreaming of Nahr al-Bared.” Electronic Lebanon. (August 4, 2007).

“A Confined Space.” Electronic Lebanon. (July 19, 2007).

“Letter from a Palestinian Camp.” Electronic Lebanon. (June 18, 2007).

“Three Flat Tires.” Electronic Lebanon. (June 8, 2007).

“Die-in at Lebanese army checkpoint at Nahr al-Bared Entrance.” Electronic Lebanon. (June 4, 2007).

“Whose Truth?” Electronic Lebanon. (June 2, 2007).

“Seventy-two Hours.” Electronic Lebanon. (May 27. 2007).

“Nahr al-Bared Flees to Beirut.” Electronic Lebanon. (May 25, 2007).

“Aid for Nahr al-Bared.” Electronic Lebanon. (May 25, 2007).

“Pelosi’s Misguided Middle East Visit.” Electronic Lebanon. (April 5, 2007).

“Strike or Riot?.” Electronic Lebanon. (January 24, 2007).

“We, Nahnu.” Electronic Lebanon. (December 4, 2006).

“Unity or Solidarity in Lebanon?” Electronic Lebanon. (November 23, 2006).

“Another day of protest against the Wall.” Electronic Intifada (July 22, 2005).

“One year on: Protest against the Wall in Bil’in.” Electronic Intifada (July 9, 2005).

interviews

April 14, 2009. “Search for a New ‘Road Map’?” Middle East Today. Press TV, Tehran, Iran.

March 27, 2009, “Palestinian Academic Freedom, Israeli Style.” Crossing the Line with Naji Ali.

November 18, 2008. “Israel’s Internal Politics and the Crisis in Gaza.” Middle East Today. Press TV, Tehran, Iran.

September 29, 2008, “Peace Process and the Israeli Settlements.” Middle East Today, Press TV, Tehran, Iran.

August 28, 2008, Under the Olive Tree with Laith Marouf, 90.3 CKUT Radio McGill, Montreal, Canada.

June 6, 2008 Crossing the Line with Naji Ali, 94.1 KPFA, Berkeley, California

August 22, 2007 Uprising Radio with Sonali Kolhatkar, 90.7 FM KPFK, Los Angeles, California

July 25, 2007 Flashpoints with Nora Barrows-Friedman, 94.1 FM KPFA, Berkeley, California

July 20, 2007 Crossing the Line with Christopher Brown, 94.1 FM KPFA, Berkeley, California

July 5, 2007 Talk Nation with Dori Smith, 91.7 FM WHUS, Storrs Connecticut

June 22, 2007, Crossing the Line with Christopher Brown, 94.1 FM KPFA Berkeley, California

June 6, 2007 Talk Nation Radio with Dori Smith, 91.7 FM WHUS, Storrs, Connecticut

June 4, 2007 Flashpoints with Nora Barrows-Friedman, 94.1 FM KPFA, Berkeley, California

June 1, 2007, Crossing the Line with Christopher Brown, 94.1 FM KPFA, Berkeley, California,

June 1, Flashpoints with Nora Barrows-Friedman, 94.1 FM KPFA, Berkeley, California

May 29, 2007 Flashpoints with Nora Barrows-Friedman, 94.1 FM KPFA, Berkeley, California

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