Arab & Arab American feminisms : gender, violence, & belonging / edited by Rabab Abdulhadi, Evelyn Alsultany, and Nadine Naber.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-381) and index.

Pt.1 Living with/in empire, grounded subjectivities : Beyond words / Suheir Hammad -- The political and cultural representations of Arabs, Arab Americans, and Arab American feminisms after September 11, 2011 / Mervat F. Hatem -- Palestinian women's disappearing act : the suicide bomber through Western feminist eyes / Amal Amireh -- Arab Jews, diasporas, and multicultural feminism : an interview with Ella Shohat / Evelyn Alsutany -- In the belly of the beast : struggling for nonviolent belonging / Zeina Zaatari -- Decolonizing culture : beyond Orientalist and anti-orientalist feminisms / Nadine Naber -- Ianna / Dynya Mikhail, translated from the Arabic by Elizabeth Winslow -- Pt.2 Defying categories, thinking and living out of the box : Between the lines / Youmna Chlala -- Quandaries of representation / Mona el-Ghobashy -- Dyke march, San Francisco, 2004 : many are intrigued by the fact that I am also a belly dancer / Happy/L.A. Hyder -- The pity committee and the careful reader : how not to buy stereotypes about Muslim women / Mohja Kahf -- History's traces : personal narrative, diaspora, and the Arab Jewish experience / Kyla Wazana Tompkins -- Pt.3 Activist communities, representation, resistance, and power : The burden of representation : when Palestinians speak out / Nada Elia -- Taking power and making power : resistance, global politics, and institution building : an interview with Anan Ameri / Nadine Naber -- Inside out : youth of color organizing from multiple sites : an interview with Janaan Attia / Nadine Naber -- Arabiya made invisible : between marginalization of agency and silencing of dissent / Noura Erakat -- On Rachel Corrie, Palestine, and feminist solidarity / Therese Saliba -- Just peace Seder / Toronto Just Peace Seder Community -- Dissidents, displacements, and diasporas : an interview with Dena al-Adeeb / Nadine Naber -- Pt.4 On our own terms, discourses, politics, and feminisms : Arab American feminisms : mobilizing the politics of invisibility / Amira Jarmakani -- Class equality, gender justice, and living in harmony with Mother Earth : an interview with Joe Kadi / Nadine Naber -- Personal and political : the dynamics of Arab American feminism / Susan Muaddi Darraj -- Teaching scriptural texts in the classroom : the question of gender / Moulouk Berry -- The light in my house / Imani Yatouma -- Guidelines / Lisa Suhair Majaj -- Reflections of a genderqueer Palestinian American lesbian mother / Huda Jadallah -- Pt.5 Home and homelands, memories, exile, and belonging : The memory of your hands is a rainbow / Amal Hassan Fadlalla, translated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa -- You are a 14-year-old Arab chick who just moved to Texas / Randa Jarrar -- The long road home / Sherene Seikaly -- The legacy of exile : an excerpt / Emanne Bayoumi -- Stealth Muslim / Evelyn Alsultany -- Where is home? Fragmented lives, borders crossings, and the politics of exile / Rabab Abdulhadi.

Arab and Arab American feminists enlist their intimate experiences to challenge simplistic and long-held assumptions about gender, sexuality, and commitments to feminism and justice-centered struggles. Contributors hail from multiple geographical sites, spiritualities, occupations, sexualities, class backgrounds, and generations. Poets, creative writers, artists, scholars, and activists employ a mix of genres to express feminist commitments and ambiguities.