An archive of posts by musahamideh

Writing Injustice

Read reflections by Musa Hamideh on Human Writes Project performance.

Reflections on My First Year

“How has the Arab American Resource Corps changed your life?”  I pause.  I immediately think: “what a pretentious question.”  It was not from disbelief that my position as an ARC volunteer was able to change my life, but from a discomfort with the idea that the full implications of my ARC service would be evident [...]

Bayoumi speaks to the “Souls of Arab Folk”

Author Moustafa Bayoumi speaks to students and educators in Philadelphia.

Oct 7: Moustafa Bayoumi in Philadelphia

Author Moustafa Bayoumi gives public talk at UPenn and meets with high school students.

A Day in Service

May 2010 Having studied for four years at Haverford College, an institution based in the suburbs of Philadelphia, I had little contact with the Arab American community in Philadelphia, despite myself being an Arab American.  This changed soon after I was hired by Al-Bustan, as I began to help out the Arab arts teachers at [...]