Moustafa Bayoumi

Education:

Ph.D., Columbia University - 1998 (English, general)

Areas of Expertise:

Postcolonial literature and theory, American Studies, journalism, ethnic studies, literary theory.

Books and Publications

"Biden is throwing migrants under the bus to appease Republican fearmongering." The Guardian. January 9, 2023. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2023

"Donald Trump has been charged. The swamp is finally being drained." The Guardian. April 4, 2023. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2023

"Jordan Neely, a vulnerable young man, was killed - and not by his medical history." The Guardian. May 5, 2023. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2023

"Republicans have a serious antisemitism problem. It isn't Ilhan Omar." The Guardian. February 3, 2023. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2023

"The Iraq war started the post-truth era. And America is to blame." The Guardian. March 14, 2023. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2023

"This 9/11 suspect and 'torture prop' has spent 20 years in Guantánamo. Is he nearing a deal with the US?" The Guardian. May 17, 2023. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2023

"What Was CNN Thinking?" The Guardian. May 11, 2023. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2023

"When it comes to immigration policy, Biden is increasingly Trump-like." The Guardian. February 23, 2023. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2023

"Allah supreme: how Pharoah Sanders found freedom and rebellion in Islam." The Guardian. December 29, 2022. (Books and Publications: Abstract) 2022

"America is steeped in violence. And the roots of that violence go deep." The Guardian. June 1, 2022.  (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2022

"Division Is America's Natural State." The New Republic. December 2022: p. 29. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2022

"Facebook's solidarity with Ukraine is impressive. Now extend it to others." The Guardian.  March 19, 2022.
(Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2022

"Journey to Guantánamo." The Nation (cover story). July 25/August 1, 2022: 14-21, 31. (This article was a finalist for the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association's Walid El-Gabry Memorial Award.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2022

"My View (on the TV Show Ramy)." Vogue Japan. No. 280 (December 2022): p. 179. (In Japanese.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2022

"The alleged Buffalo shooter was also inspired by Islamophobia. That's telling." The Guardian.  May 22, 2022.  (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2022

"The Problem With Jihad, Rehab Isn't Filmmaker Meg Smaker's Color or Religion." The Nation. Nov. 7, 2022. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022

"The US government is deploying robot dogs to the Mexico border. Seriously?" The Guardian.  February 14, 2022. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2022

"They are 'civilised' and 'look like us': the racist coverage of Ukraine." The Guardian.  March 2, 2022. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2022

"Why is the White House stealing $7bn from Afghans?" The Guardian.  February 16, 2022.  (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2022

"Bari Weiss: I hear congratulations on your Palestine Studies department are in order?" The Guardian.  November 13, 2021. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"Biden is locking up migrant children. Will the world still care with Trump gone?" The Guardian. (February 24, 2021). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"Can the K-pop boyband BTS ... save the world?" The Guardian. February 9, 2022. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"Dangerous outsiders and exceptional citizens: being Muslim American since 9/11." The Guardian.  September 10, 2021. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"How the War on Terror Created the "Muslim American." The Nation. September 20/27, 2021.  (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"Ice reached a new low: using utility bills to hunt undocumented immigrants." The Guardian. (March 3, 2021). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"Joe Biden's silence in the face of Israeli violence is a disgrace." The Guardian.  May 17, 2021. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"Justice prevailed in the trial of Ahmaud Arbery's killers. In America, that's a shock." The Guardian.  November 25, 2021. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"Meet the Woman Who Would Transform the Nation's Most Powerful DA's Office." The Nation (cover story). May 31/June 7, 2021.  (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"Men on horses chasing Black asylum seekers? Sadly, America has seen it before." The Guardian.  September 23, 2021. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"No, We Do Not Need New Anti-Terrorism Laws to Combat Right-Wing Extremists." The Nation. (January 11, 2021). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"The Biden administration has ended use of the phrase 'illegal alien'. It's about time." The Guardian.  (April 22, 2021).  (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021

"Confronting Internalized Islamophobia." Muslim Matters. (March 12, 2020). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2020

"Even after Iraq, too many US elites still think war is a bloodless chess game." The Guardian. (January 6, 2020). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2020

"Protestele din New York sunt fără precedent." Scena9.ro. (June 15, 2020). (in Romanian) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2020

"Trump wants to convince Americans they are safer under him. They aren't." The Guardian. (September 1, 2020). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2020

"Why Did Cup Foods Call the Cops on George Floyd?" New York Times. (June 17, 2020). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2020

"Why is Donald Trump Jr amplifying a quack who believes in 'demon sperm'?" The Guardian. (July 29, 2020). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2020

"With Trump voted out, can I finally feel at home in America again?" The Guardian. (November 9, 2020). (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

"Are the Republicans trying to get Ilhan Omar killed?" The Guardian. (December 6, 2019). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

"I'm a brown Arab-American, and the US census refuses to recognize me." The Guardian. (Feb. 14, 2019). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

"If the El Paso shooter had been Muslim ..." The Guardian. (August 6, 2019). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

"Ilhan Omar has become the target of a dangerous hate campaign." The Guardian. (April 14, 2019). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

"Is showing compassion to migrants a crime?" The Guardian. (June 17, 2019). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

"Justin Trudeau's brownface scandal is bad. But voting him out isn't the solution." The Guardian. (September 20, 2019). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

"The New Zealand Massacre Was Mass Murder as a Marketing Strategy." The Nation. (Mar. 20, 2019). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

"The Squad v the mob: that's what the 2020 election boils down to." The Guardian. (July 18, 2019). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

"This is what today's America looks like. The squad is us." The Guardian. (July 16, 2019). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

"Trump's response to the weekend massacres shows he is an ethical black hole." The Guardian. (August 5, 2019). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

"White supremacy is on the march, and Trump is at least partly to blame." The Guardian. (Mar. 18, 2019). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

The Selected Works of Edward Said: 1966-2006. Vintage. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2019

"For Immigrants in Trump's America, the Dystopian Future Has Already Arrived." The Nation. (February 13, 2018). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018

"In America's news headlines, Palestinians die mysterious deaths." The Guardian. (May 16, 2018). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018

"Mohammed bin Salman's talk of reform is a smokescreen." The Guardian. (March 22, 2018). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018

"The Muslim ban ruling legitimates Trump's bigotry." The Guardian. (June 27, 2018). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018

"The Syria bombing is a disgraceful act disguised as a noble gesture." The Guardian. (April 14, 2018). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018

"The Year I Stopped Breathing: On Being Muslim and American in the Age of Trump." The Nation. (January 29 - February 5, 2018). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018

"US bombs are killing children in Yemen. Does anybody care?" The Guardian. (Aug. 25, 2018). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018

"'Will we survive 1,361 more days?': Our panel's verdict on Trump's first 100 days." The Guardian. (April 29, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"A white supremacist slew a man in Manhattan. Why is the president silent?" The Guardian. (March 28, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"America's soul as a nation of immigrants is in peril." The Guardian. (September 6, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Asian American Studies, the War on Terror, and the Changing University: A Call to Respond." Asian American Matters: A New York Anthology, Russell C. Leong, Ed. (New York: AAARI, 2017): 21-24. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017

"Bill O'Reilly is vile. His departure from Fox is long overdue." The Guardian. (April 20, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Border agents stopped Muhammad Ali Jr. Here's how we can all fight back." The Guardian. (February 26, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Dislodging the Stupidity of Our Politics: On Film, Representation, and the Muslim Travel Ban." Walkerart.org. (July 5, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Don't be fooled. This travel ban is as bad as the last one--it must be fought." The Guardian. (March 7, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Donald Trump is not blameless when white supremacists slaughter people." The Guardian. (May 30, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Donald Trump's executive order means he is now officially gunning for the Muslims." The Guardian. (January 27, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Donald Trump's handshake: never has a such a strong grip looked so weak." The Guardian. (February 13, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"How the 'homophobic Muslim' became a populist bogeyman." The Guardian. (August 7, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Ignore Donald Trump's words on his foreign tour. Pay attention to his actions." The Guardian. (May 20, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Jared Kushner is wreaking havoc in the Middle East." The Guardian. (December 9, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"My fellow Americans, it's time to intervene in our failed state." The Guardian. (August 3, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Survival of the Physics." Minza 18:1 (2017). (Introduction to a special issue of this literary journal, for which I was the guest-editor.) (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017

"The supreme court upheld bigotry before. Its Muslim ban ruling does it again." The Guardian. (December 5, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"The west used colonies as laboratories for weapons. It's not different today." The Guardian. (April 14, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Trump doesn't want Muslims in the US. That's OK with the supreme court." The Guardian. (June 26, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Trump is ignoring the Minnesota mosque bombing. We know why." The Guardian. (August 10, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Trump is scared Brits will be mean to him? Classic strongman fragility." The Guardian. (June 12, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Trump's senseless Syria strikes accomplish nothing." The Guardian. (April 7, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Trump's Twitter attacks on Sadiq Khan reveal how pitiful the president is." The Guardian. (June 6, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"We must end the terror double standards." The Guardian. . (November 1, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"What is it with Trump and handshakes? This is getting awkward." The Guardian. (March 18, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"What's a 'lone wolf'? It's the special name we give white terrorists." The Guardian. (October 4, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"Why is Sean Hannity peddling bonkers conspiracy theories?" The Guardian. (May 25, 2017). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"As an American Muslim, Donald Trump doesn't scare me." The Guardian. (May 10, 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016

"Don?t worry! Trump and Clinton are going to fix Israel/Palestine.*" The Guardian. (September 6, 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016

"Donald Trump has made it clear: in his America, Muslim citizens don't exist." The Guardian. (November 8, 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016

"Guess what? You can be a Muslim American and oppose misguided wars." The Guardian. (July 29, 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016

"How we learned all the wrong lessons from 9/11." The Guardian. (September 11, 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016

"Muslims are terrified, but we won't be intimidated by Trump." The Guardian. (November 10, 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016

"The Syrian Who Wanted the Revolution." The Nation. (March 18, 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016

"The US just bombed Yemen, and no one's talking about it." The Guardian. (October 15, 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016

"Trump had made it clear exactly who should be barred from the US: himself." The Guardian. (August 16, 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016

"We need to talk about Donald Trump?s plans for Muslims." The Guardian. (November 23, 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016

"YouTube star Adam Saleh's story is shocking--but only if it's true." The Guardian. (December 22, 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016

"A Texas teenager's arrest points to a deep and growing trend of Islamophobia." The Progressive. September 16, 2015). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015

"Encouraging Signs for American Muslims." The Bellingham Herald. (June 5. 2015). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015

"How the Chapel Hill Victims Deserve to Be Mourned." The Intercept, Feb. 12. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015

"Human Rights Lose in US-Saudi Alliance." The Progressive, Jan. 27. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015

"Islamophobia stirred by presidential candidates like Trump is nothing new." National Journal. (September 29, 2015). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015

"It's not just Trump: the US is gripped by anti-Muslim hysteria." The Guardian. (December 14, 2015). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015

"Registry for Muslims has already created a decade of profiling and fear." The Progressive. (November 30, 2015). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015

"The Civil War in Syria is Invisible, but This Anonymous Film Collective is Changing That." The Nation. (June 26, 2015). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015

"U.S. Needs to Stop Fomenting Violence in Yemen." The Progressive. (April 24, 2015). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015

"War Stories from Soldiers and Body Washers." The Progressive, February: 44-47. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015

"Why Do They Hate US?" The Nation, April 6: 132-34. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015

This Muslim American Life: Dispatches From the War on Terror. NYU Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2015

"For Muslim New Yorkers, a Long Path From Surveillance to Civil Rights." The Nation, Sept. 29: 12-16. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2014

"Spied on for Being Muslim." The Nation, July 10. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2014

"The Race Is On: Arabs and Muslims in the American Imagination" (reprint). Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence. Eds. Kevin Alexander Gray, Jeffery St. Clair and JoAnn Wypijewski. Petrolia, Calif.: CounterPunch Books. 367-84. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2014

"U.S. Backs Repression in Egypt." The Progressive, June 27. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2014

"U.S. Public Support for Israel Weakens." The Baltimore Sun, Aug. 15. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2014

"We took four New Yorkers to The Death of Kinghoffer: what was their verdict?" The Guardian, Oct. 21. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2014

"That Pesky Muslim Problem, Again." The Chronicle of Higher Education blog, July 31. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2013

"Why Israel's Syria Strike Helps Assad." The Progressive, Jan. 31. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2013

"Breivik's Monstrous Dream--and Why It Failed." The Nation, May 21: 17-22. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012

"Cultural Citizenship, Integration, and the Representation of Muslim Minorities." Publication of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2012

"Did Islamophobia Fuel the Oak Creek Massacre?" The Nation, Aug. 10. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012

"Egypt needs to get full democracy one year after Mubarak overthrow." Progressive Media Project. Feb. 11). (Appeared in Times Herald-Record, Desert News, Forbes, Argus Leader, Tri-City Herald, Gulf Today, Sacramento Bee, Bellingham Herald, Times-Picayune, Bradenton Herald , Post-Standard, Belleville News Democrat, Missoulian, and other places.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012

"Egyptians Renounce Authocracy." The Progressive, Dec. 8. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012

"Fear and Loathing of Islam." The Nation, July 2-9: 11-14. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012

"Islamophobes." The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Fall: 67-77. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012

"Letter From Cairo: Holding the Square." The GC Advocate, Dec. 1. Reprinted in Warscapes. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012

"Men Behaving Badly." Middle East Report Online, Sept. 18. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012

"Sage of Somalia" (A Profile of Nuruddin Farah). The Progressive, July: 38-40. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012

"For Arab American Heritage Month, appreciate our achievements." Progressive Media Project. April 6. (Appeared in The Californian, Bergen County Record, Bellingham Herald, The Providence Journal, Gulf Today, and other places.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011

"Between Acceptance and Rejection: Muslim Americans and the Legacies of September 11." Organization of American Historians Magazine of History 25:3, July: 15-19. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011

"The Long Life of Profiling, Ten Years After 9/11." The Nation (online). Sept. 6. (http://www.thenation.com/blog/163159/long-life-profiling-ten-years-after-911.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011

"The Rites and Rights of Citizenship." The Nation (online). Sept. 9. (http://www.thenation.com/blog/163284/rites-and-rights-citizenship.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011

"U.S. Politicians Fanning anti-Muslim sentiment." Progressive Media Project. July 27. Appeared in Providence Sunday Journal, Towanda Daily Journal, Savannah Morning News, among other places. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011

"US Needs to Be on Side of Egyptian people." Progressive Media Project, Jan. 31. Also appeared in News-Press (Florida), Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Boulder Weekly (Colorado), Juneau Empire (Alaska), Vindicator (Ohio), Arizona Daily Sun, Sacramento Bee, Bellingham Herald (Washington), Lima Press (Ohio), Lincoln Journal-Star (Nebraska) and other places. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011

'"Peter King's 'Islamic Radicalization' Hearings Fan Paranoid Fantasies." The Nation (online), March 10. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011

"'Where Are You From?' Is Not the Right Question." CNN.com. April 5. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2010

"Being Young, Muslim and American in Brooklyn." Being Young and Muslim: New Cultural Politics in the Global North and South. Eds. Linda Herrera and Asef Bayat. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 161-74. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2010

"My Arab Problem." The Chronicle Review, Oct. 29: B13-14. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2010

"Réconciliation sans contrainte. Said, Adorno, et l'intellectuel autonome." Edward Said: théoricien critique. Tumultes 35: 27-48. (Reprint.) (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010

"Sects and the City." The New York Times Magazine, May 23: 50. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2010

"The God That Failed: The Neo-Orientalism of Today's Muslim Commentators." Islamophobia/Islamophilia: Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend. Ed. Andrew Shryock. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. 79-93. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2010

"The Race Is On: Arabs and Muslims in the American Imagination." Middle East Report Online. March. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010

Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and How It Changed the Course of the Isreal/Palestine Conflict. O/R Books; Haymarket Books. German edition: LAKA Verlag, 2011; South African edition: Jacana, 2011. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2010

Arabic translation of How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America. Beirut: Arab Scientific Publishers. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2010

"East of the Sun (West of the Moon): Islam, the Ahmadis, and African America." Black Routes to Islam. Eds. Manning Marable and Hisham Aidi. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 69-78. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2009

"October 17, 1961." On the Edges of Development: Cultural Interventions. Eds. John Foran, Kum-Kum Bhavnani et al. Routledge. 13-21. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2009

"Racing Religion." American Studies. Eds. Janice Radway, Kevin Gaines, Barry Shank and Penny Von Eschen. Malden: Blackwell. 99-108. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2009

"A Dream Deferred." The National (United Arab Emirates) July 24. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2008

"American Girl." New York Magazine August 11: 36-39. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2008

"Being an Arab Is No Slur." Progressive Media Project October 13. (Appeared in Cedar Rapids Gazette, Modesto Bee, Tri-City Herald [Wash.], Sacramento Bee, Beaufort Gazette [S.C.], Gulf Times [Qatar], The Herald [S.C.], Fresno Bee, News Trust, Vindy News [Ohio] and others.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2008

"Obama Needs to Reach Out to Muslim Americans and Arab Americans." Progressive Media Project July 15. (Appeared in Philadelphia Inquirer, News & Observer [N.C.], Island Packet [S.C.], Lake Wylie Pilot [S.C.], Sacramento Bee, Bellingham Herald [Wash.], Modesto Bee, Tri-City Herald [Wash], Belleville News-Democrat [Ill.], Fresno Bee, Rome News-Tribune [Ga.], Columbia Daily Tribune [Mo.], Spokesman Review [Wash.] and others.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2008

"Seven Years after Attacks, Life Difficult for American Muslims." Progressive Media Project September 9. (Appeared in Philadelphia Inquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Anchorage Daily News, Orlando Sentinel, News & Observer [N.C.], Island Packet [S.C.], Lake Wylie Pilot [S.C.], Sacramento Bee, Bellingham Herald [Wash.], Modesto Bee, Tri-City Herald [Wash.], Belleville News-Democrat [Ill.], Fresno Bee, The Olympian [Wash.], Hartford Courant [Conn.], Billings Gazette [Mont.], Gulf Times [Qatar], and others.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2008

"The Searchers." The Nation November 10: 30-35. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2008

How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America. The Penguin Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2008

Review of Endless War Hidden Functions of the War on Terror, David Keen. Development and Change 39, September: 870-71. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2008

"Reconciliation without Duress: Edward Said, Theodor Adorno, and the Autonomous Intellectual." Edward Said and Critical Decolonization. Ed. Ferial Ghazoul. American University in Cairo Press. 46-64. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2007

"A Light in Brooklyn." The Nation September 25: 23. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2006

"Arab America's 9/11." The Nation September 25: 22-26. German translation as "Virtuelle Verdachtsgemeinschaft" ["Virtual Community of Suspicion"]. Die Tageszeitung (Berlin) September 25. Reprinted in Annual Editions: Social Problems. Mc-Graw Hill, 2007. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2006

"Arrests Based on Race, Religion, Nationality Is Un-American." Progressive Media Project June 22. (Appeared in Watertown Daily Times [N.Y.], Great Falls Tribune [Mont.], Augusta Chronicle [Ga.] and others.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2006

"Debate on Muslim Cartoons Ignores Double Standards." Progressive Media Project February 13. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2006

"Disco Inferno." Da Capo's Best Music Writing 2006. Ed. Mary Gaitskill. DeCapo Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2006

"Inside Lebanon: A Cold Civil War." The Brooklyn Rail, February: 12-13. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2006

"U.S. Must Call on Israel for Immediate Cease-Fire." Progressive Media Project July 26. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2006

"Vilifying Muslims Is Wrong, Un-American." Progressive Media Project March 22. (Appeared in Anniston Star [Ala.], Monterey County Herald [Ca.], Desert Morning News [Utah] and others.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2006

"Disco Inferno." The Nation December 26: 32-35. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2005

"Fear of Muslim Americans Hinders Understanding." Progressive Media Project January 27. (Appeared in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Wisconsin State Journal, Taiwan News, Norwalk CT Hour, Charlotte Observer [N.C.], Wilmington NC Star-News, Watertown NY Daily Times, The Spokesman Review [Oregon], The Gulf Today [Dubai] and others.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2005

"Fear of Muslim Americans Hinders Understanding." The Progressive Media Project January 27. (Appeared in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Wisconsin State Journal, Taiwan News, Norwalk CT Hour, Charlotte [NC] Observe, Wilmington NC Star-News, Watertown NY Daily Times, The Spokesman Review [Oregon], The Gulf Today [Dubai] and others). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2005

"In Beirut's Tent City." (Diary) London Review of Books 5, May: 35-36. Shorter version reprinted in International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World 16 [Leiden], Autumn: 34-35. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2005

"Onward, 'Christian' Soldiers." The Progressive Media Project July 11. (Appeared in Charlotte Observer [N.C.], Duluth News Tribune [Minn.], Greenwich Time [Conn.], Augusta Chronicle [Ga.], Lincoln Journal Star [Neb.] and others.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2005

"Our Work Is of This World." Amerasia 33.1, Spring: 6-9. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2005

"Racial Profiling Undermines Security, Liberty." The Progressive Media Project August 22. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2005

"Racing Religion." Centennial Review 6.2: 267-94. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2005

"Reconciliation without Duress: Edward Said, Theodor Adorno, and the Autonomous Intellectual." Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics 25: 46-64. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2005

"U.S. Shouldn't Meddle in Lebanon's Affairs." Progressive Media Project March 31. (Appeared in Taiwan News, Gulf Times [Qatar] and others.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2005

"U.S. Shouldn't Meddle in Lebanon's Affairs." The Progressive Media Project March 31. (Appeared in Taiwan News, Gulf Times [Qatar] and others). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2005

"A Bloody Stupid War." Middle East Report 231, Summer: 36-45. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2004

"Because He Loved People." Politics and Culture 4.1, Winter. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2004

"Confessions of an Arab Mind." The Progressive Media Project July 12. (Appeared in The Albany Times Union, The Houston Chronicle, The Myrtle Beach Sun, Akbhar El Yom [Cairo, in Arabic] and others). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2004

"Fingerprinting Program Unfair, Alienating." The Progressive Media Project January 13. (Appeared in The Houston Chronicle, San Diego Union Tribune, The Sacramento Bee, Utica Observer Dispatch, Hackensack Record, CNN Money, San Juan Star, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Watertown Daily Times, Marysville Appeal-Democrat and others). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2004

"Must Knowledge Serve Power?" The Clarion February: 10. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2004

"Our Philological Home Is the Earth." Arab Studies Quarterly 26.4, Fall: 53-66. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2004

Review of Deconstructing the American Mosque: Space, Gender, and Aesthetics, by Akel Ismail Kaheri. H-Gender-MidEast. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2004

"A Testimonial to My Teacher." The Village Voice October 1-7: 46. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2003

"Bush's Motives for War Should Be Viewed with Scepticism." Progressive Media Project February 24. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2003

"Middle East 'Roadmap' a Replay of Failed Oslo Accords." Progressive Media Project June 11. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2003

"Moving Beliefs: The Panama Manuscript of Sheikh Sana See and African Diaspora Islam." Interventions 5.1: 58-83. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2003

"Staying Put: Aboriginal Rights, the Question of Palestine, and Asian American Studies." Amerasia 29.2: 221-28. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2003

"As the Border Tightens, We All Lose Out." The Progressive Media Project November 20. (Appeared in Columbus Dispatch, Virgin Islands Daily News, Norwalk CT Hour, Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail and others.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2002

"Freedom of Religion Is Being Restricted for Muslim Americans." The Progressive Media Project January 17. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2002

"How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?" Asian Americans: On War and Peace. Eds. Russell Leong and Don Nakanishi. UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press. 81-89. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2002

"Letter to a G-Man." After the World Trade Center. Eds. Sharon Zukin and Michael Sorkin. Routledge. 131-42. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2002

"Military Cccupation Strangles the Palestinian People." The Progressive Media Project April 2. (Appeared in The Baltimore Sun, St. Paul Pioneer Press, The Birmingham News, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, The Spokesman Review, The Albuquerque Journal and others). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2002

"One Year Later: Muslim Americans and September 11." The Progressive Media Project September 6. (Appeared in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Akron Beacon Journal, Virgin Islands Daily News, Watertown Daily Times, New Haven Register, Birmingham News, Columbus Dispatch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Albany Times Union, Tallahassee Democrat, Connecticut News-Times and others.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2002

Bayoumi, M., J.D. Dodds and G. Ahorani. "Displaced People/Meanings/Monuments." The Next Jerusalem: Sharing the Divided City. Ed. Michael Sorkin. Monacelli. 22-35. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2002

Review of The Adam of Two Edens, by Mahmoud Darwish. Arab Studies Quarterly 24.1, Winter: 95-97. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2002

"'East of the Sun (West of the Moon)': Islam, the Ahmadis, and African America." Journal of Asian American Studies, October: 251-63. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001

"'East of the Sun (West of the Moon)': Islam, the Ahmadis, and African America." Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society 3.3, Summer: 39-49. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001

"Freedom of Speech Shouldn't be Stifled for Arab and Muslim Americans." The Progressive Media Project October 17. (Appeared in Atlanta Journal-Constitution.) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2001

"How Does It Feel to Be a Problem." Amerasia 27.3: 69-77. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001

Review of Islands and Exiles: The Creole Identities of Post/Colonial Literature, by Chris Bongie. African American Review 35.1, Spring: 146-48. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2001

"Shadows and Light: Colonial Modernity and the Grande Mosquée of Paris." Yale Journal of Criticism 13.2, October: 267-92. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2000

The Edward Said Reader. Vintage. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2000

"Intellectual Spectacle" art review. Border/Lines 48, February: 12-15. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 1999

"Moorish Science: The Secret History of African American Islam." Transition 80: 100-19. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1999

Creative Work

"What Tina Wants." The Normal School. (Spring 2015): 65-73. 2015

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

Obama Fellowship, Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany (from 2020 but assumed in 2022 due to the coronavirus) (Grants and Fellowships) 2022

Obama Fellowship, Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany (postponed due to the coronavirus) (Grants and Fellowships) 2020

Selected as one of two delegates to represent the American Studies Association at the Japanese Association of American Studies Annual Convention. I will also lead participate in two proseminars for graduate students in Japan, in June 2016. (Awards and Honors) 2016

The Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Arab American Book Award for This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror. (Awards and Honors) 2016

Faculty Fellow, Center for Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011

Artist Fellow, Bodies On the Line Symposium, Anna Deavere Smith Works, New York. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010

2008 American Book Award for How Does It Feel To Be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America. (Awards and Honors) 2009

Arab American Book Award for Non-Fiction, for How Does It Feel to Be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America. (Awards and Honors) 2009

Faculty Fellow, Center for Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008

Claire Tow Distinguished Teacher Award, Brooklyn College. (Awards and Honors) 2006

Faculty Fellow, Center for Place, Culture, Politics, CUNY Graduate Center (Grants and Fellowships) 2004

Faculty Fellow, Center for Place, Culture, Politics, CUNY Graduate Center (Grants and Fellowships) 2003

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

"Defeating Far Right Extremism." TEDxCUNY.  (Delivered Dec. 4, 2020. Published May 6, 2021).  (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021

Professional Leadership

Editorial Committee, Middle East Report and Information Project, 2006-11. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006

Member, National Council, American Studies Association, 2003-06. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006

Pedagogical Achievements

Visiting professor, American Culture Program, Department of English, Sogang University, Seoul South Korea. 2010