Moustafa Bayoumi

Moustafa Bayoumi is an associate professor at Brooklyn College. He is a co-editor of The Edward Said Reader (Vintage) and the author of How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America (Penguin Press).

Currently

  • The Searchers

    October 22, 2008

    Tribalism is in vogue among conservative Middle East scholars. But a better understanding comes from investigating regional ties rather than sectarian divisions.

2006

  • A Light in Brooklyn

    September 7, 2006 Subscribe

    In Brooklyn, a beleaguered Arab-American community copes with bigotry and heightened government scrutiny post-9/11.

  • Arab America's September 11

    September 7, 2006 Subscribe

    Arab Americans are experiencing something similar to McCarthy-era redbaiting, but the cold war performed better on racial justice than Bush's "war on terror."

2005

  • Disco Inferno

    December 7, 2005

    Military detainees have been subjected to starvation, sleep deprivation and now Metallica and Britney Spears. Blasted at high volume, torture music has become a weapon of war, used to destroy the minds of Muslim detainees. It's time for musicians to speak up.

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Blogs

» Editor's Cut

Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right | While Obama has a chance to reengage with a world repulsed by the destructive polices of Bush, it is likely that an escalation in Afghanistan will endanger that possibility.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Posted at 10:53 ET

» State of Change

Country First Becomes Party First | John McCain wants to emulate Howard Dean but don't expect the same results.
Ari Berman
Posted at 10:15 ET

» Capitolism

ET Come Home | Tom Friedman testifies on Capitol Hill on green technology
Christopher Hayes
Posted at 9:27 ET

» The Beat

Feingold's Outline for a Constitutional Presidency | In a letter to Obama, Constitution subcommittee chair seeks a commitment to end executive excess.
John Nichols

» The Dreyfuss Report

Panetta? Ummmmm... Well..... | Could Obama have made a weirder choice for CIA director? Here's why Panetta is doomed.
Robert Dreyfuss

» Act Now!

Allow Media into Gaza | Israel is encouraging abuses by preventing foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip.
Peter Rothberg

» The Notion

Hard Times Without Studs | One of Terkel’s former book editors considers a Studs-less world.
Tom Engelhardt

» And Another Thing

Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again | The Weathermen were not just a bunch of idealistic young people.
Katha Pollitt