Interrogating Secularism

Presents a call to rethink binary categories of “religion” and “secularism” in contemporary Arab American fiction and art. This book juxtaposes accounts of secular experience in the writing of Arab Anglophone authors such as Mohja Kahf, Laila Lalami, and Rawi Hage, with Arab and Muslim artists such as Ninar Esber, Hasan Elahi, and Emily Jacir.

Prezinta un apel de a regandi categoriile binare de „religie” si „secularism” in fictiunea si arta contemporana araba americana. Aceasta carte juxtapune relatari despre experienta seculara in scrierea autorilor anglofoni arabi precum Mohja Kahf, Laila Lalami si Rawi Hage, cu artisti arabi si musulmani precum Ninar Esber, Hasan Elahi si Emily Jacir.