#Diana Abu Jaber

[meshitsukai]

decided to add all palestinian campaigns that get sent to me in one post. will be updating depending on if i get more sent to me. also contact if any links are broken

Abedallah Musallam (GFM)

Abood Alqedra (GFM)

Abood Resh (Chuffed / Paypal)

Ahlam Ramadan (GFM)

Ahmed Abdul-Jawad (GFM)

Ahmed Abu Shammala (GFM)

Ahmed Aldani (GFM)

Ahmed Alnabih (GFM)

Ahmed Fathi (GFM)

Ahmed Jehad (GFM)

Ahmed Moner Alanqar (GFM)

Amina Yasser (GFM)

Anas & Ahmed Basil (GFM)

Aseel & Family (Chuffed)

Ashraf Alserr (GFM)

Asmaa Abed (Paypal)

Asmaa Ayyad (GFM)

Bara' Al-Shurafa (GFM)

Duaa Jad Al-Haq (Chuffed)

Eman Al-Madhoun (GFM)

Eslam Gheelan (Chuffed)

Essam Ahmed Salah (GFM)

Fadel Al-Dani (GFM)

Falestine Youssef (Chuffed)

Fidaa & Family (Chuffed / Paypal)

Ghada Hassan (GFM)

Ghazi Almoudi (GFM)

Habib Alsaedi (GFM)

Hala Mushtaha (GFM)

Hanaa and Mohammed Rabah (GFM)

Hanan Mahmoud (GFM)

Hazem Suhail (GFM)

Heba and Amir (GFM)

Heba Nasef (GFM)

Hiba Khader (GFM)

Hossam Al-Serr (GFM)

Hossam Al-Qazzaz (GFM)

Dr. Husam Farhat (GFM)

Ibrahim Al-Habil (GFM)

Imad Roqa (GFM)

Islam Al-Najjar (GFM / Paypal)

Jaber Aldahdooh (GFM)

Jaber Al-Haj (Gogetfunding / Paypal)

Jamal Shamiya (GFM / Paypal)

Jumana and Mahmoud (GFM)

Kareman Dohan (Chuffed / Paypal)

Kawthar Ramadan (GFM)

Khawla & Family (GFM / Paypal)

Lama and Mohammed (GFM)

Lena Khames (GFM)

Lobna Al-Sir (Chuffed)

Mahmoud Alkhaldi (GFM)

Mahmoud Al-Safadi (GFM)

Mahmoud Ashour (GFM)

Mahmoud Atta (GFM)

Mahmoud Ayyad (GFM)

Mahmoud Jihad (GFM)

Maram Rafat (GFM)

Maysaa Aldahdooh (GFM)

Mohammed and Diana Talib (GFM)

Mohammed Salama (GFM)

Mohammed Aldeeb (GFM)

Mohammed M Siam (GFM)

Mohammed Mahdi (GFM / Paypal)

Mohammed Saqr (GFM)

Mohiy Alresh (Paypal)

Monis Hammad (GFM)

Montaha & Family (GFM)

Mosab Al Derawi (GFM)

Muhammad Ramadan (GFM)

Najah Al-Haila (GFM)

Nedaa and Abd al-Rahman (GFM)

Noor & Family (GFM)

Nour and Yousef (GFM)

Nour and Momen AlMadhoun (GFM)

Noureddine Aboalresh (Paypal)

Ola & Family (GFM)

Osama Basil (GFM)

Rana Sobhi (GFM)

Rawan Al-Najjar (GFM)

Rehab & Family (Chuffed)

Safaa & Family (Chuffed / Paypal)

Sami Hamad (GFM)

Shaima and Saleh Yasser (GFM)

Wael & Family (GFM)

Wafa Othmani (GFM)

Wafaa Resh (Paypal)

Wala and Momen Afana (GFM)

Wijdan Jawaher (GFM)

Yahya Alqoqa (GFM)

Yahya Bkheet (GFM)

[grapehyasynth]

Grape's 2024 (W)Reading Wrapped

or something

I read 64 books this year! I have never kept track before so I don't know if this is a normal number for me or not.

Here are the ones I enjoyed most! Feel free to send me flailing, questions, recommendations!

Arabian Jazz by Diana Abu-Jaber

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond

Hild by Nicola Griffith

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Double Fault by Lionel Shriver

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior by Horacio Verbitsky

Cambridge by Susanna Kaysen

Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌙 Books for Arab American Heritage Month 🌙

🌙 Good morning, bookish bats, and Eid Mubarak to those who are celebrating. Eid al-Fitr ("the feast of breaking the fast") marks the end of Ramadan, an Islamic holy month of fasting and sacrifice. April is also Arab American Heritage month, which celebrates the 3.7 million Arab Americans across the country. This is an opportunity to combat Anti-Arab bigotry by challenging stereotypes and prejudices.

✨ One of the best ways to do so is to read books ABOUT Arab Americans. To help, here are a few books for Arab American Heritage Month you can read, discuss, or add to your ever-growing TBR!

[ List under the cut. ]

✨ Growing up, I didn't have books that represented my experiences as an Arab or Muslim American. My friends didn't have stories to read that could help them understand my perspective. With that in mind, I added children's books on the last slide, for the moms out there searching for diverse books--books that allow us to empathize and understand different perspectives and experiences.

🌙 A Woman Is No Man - Etaf Rum ✨ The Other Americans - Laila Lamami 🌙 You Exist Too Much - Zaina Arafat ✨ Grape Leaves - Gregory Orfalea and Sharif Elmusa 🌙 The Wrong End of the Telescope - Rabih Alameddine ✨ The Beauty of Your Face - Sahar Mustafah 🌙 Martyr - Kaveh Akbar ✨ Between Two Moons - Aisha Abdel Gawad 🌙 Tasting the Sky - Ibtisam Barakat ✨ A Game for Swallows - Zeina Abirached 🌙 Love Is An Ex-Country - Randa Jarrar ✨ The Thirty Names of Night - Zeyn Joukhadar

🌙 I Was Their American Dream - Malaka Gharib ✨ A Country Called Amreeka - Alia Malek 🌙 A Theory of Birds - Zaina Alsous ✨ Against the Loveless World - Susan Abulhawa 🌙 Arab in America - Toufic El Rassi ✨ The Skin and Its Girl - Sarah Cypher 🌙 Sex and Lies - Leïla Slimani ✨ Loom - Thérèse Soukar Chehade 🌙 Birds of Paradise - Diana Abu-Jaber ✨ Come With Me - Noami Shihab Nye 🌙 Girls of Riyadh - Rajāʼ ʻAbd Allāh Ṣāniʻ ✨ How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? - Moustafa Bayoumi

🌙 Evil Eye - Etaf Rum ✨ The Girl Who Fell to Earth - Sophia Al-Maria 🌙 What Strange Paradise - Omar El Akaad ✨ Girls That Never Die - Safia Elhillo 🌙 Bahari - Dina Macki ✨ Life Without a Recipe - Diana Abu-Jaber 🌙 Egyptian Diary - Richard Platt ✨ Man O'War - Cory McCarthy 🌙 The Cave - Amani Ballour, MD ✨ The Map of Salt and Stars - Zeyn Joukhadar 🌙 They Called Me a Lioness - Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri ✨ Salt Houses - Hala Alyan

🌙 Arabiyya - Reem Assil ✨ Mornings in Jenin - Susan Abulhawa 🌙 Shubeik Lubeik - Deena Mohamed ✨ The Wrong End of the Telescope - Rabih Alameddine 🌙 Conditional Citizens - Laila Lamami ✨ An Unnecessary Woman - Rabih Alameddine 🌙 It Won't Always Be Like This - Malaka Gharib ✨ Proud - Ibtihaj Muhammad 🌙 The Land in Our Bones - Layla K Feghali ✨ Everything Comes Next - Naomi Shihab Nye 🌙 The Immortals of Tehran - Ali Araghi ✨ Starstruck - Sarafina El-Badry Nance

🌙 Our Women on the Ground - Various ✨ The Jasad Heir - Sara Hashem 🌙 Tell Me How You Really Feel - Aminah Mae Safi ✨ Surge - Etel Adnan 🌙 Here to Stay - Sara Farizan ✨ We Hunt the Flame - Hafsah Faisal 🌙 A Tempest of Tea - Hafsah Faizal ✨ The Bad Muslim Discount - Syed M. Masood 🌙 A Girl Like That - Tanaz Bhathena ✨ Not the Girls You're Looking For - Aminah Mae Safi 🌙 All-American Muslim Girl - Nadine Jolie Courtney ✨ The Moon That Turns You Back - Hala Alyan

🌙 Ms. Marvel - Destined - Saladin Ahmed ✨ Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card - Sara Saedi 🌙 Internment - Samira Ahmed ✨ Stardust Thief - Chelsea Abdullah 🌙 Once Upon an Eid - Various ✨ Farah Rocks Fifth Grade - Susan Muaddi Darraj 🌙 Barakah Beats - Maleeha Siddiqui ✨ Amira's Picture Day - Reem Faruqi 🌙 The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman ✨ Lailah's Lunchbox - Reem Faruqi 🌙 In My Mosque - M.O. Yuksel ✨ Halal Hot Dogs - Susannah Aziz

🌙 The Proudest Blue - Ibtihaj Muhammad ✨ Silverworld - Diana Abu-Jaber 🌙 Other Words for Home - Jasmine Warga ✨ Time to Pray - Maha Addasi 🌙 Under My Hijab - Hena Khan ✨ Wishing Upon the Same Stars - Jacquetta Nammar Feldman 🌙 Amina's Voice - Hena Khan ✨ Yasmin the Recycler - Saadia Faruqi 🌙 The Shape of Thunder - Jasmine Warga ✨ Deep in the Sahara - Kelly Cunnane, Hoda Hadadi 🌙 The Turtle of Michigan - Naomi Shihab Nye ✨ Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria - George Jreije

[osidius-el-enfatico]

People that have contacted me to share their campaigns

@hebanaseif

€3,511 raised

€50K goal

2. @jaberfamily3

$1,800 USD raised

$29K goal

3. @farahmohanad108

$4,259 USD raised

$35K goal

4. @anas-basilgaza

€7,758 raised

€29K goal

5. @ghadeerarqan

€10,209 raised

€20K goal

6. @gaza-yhiaaboassi95

$45 raised

7. @diana-blog27

$10 USD raised

$20K goal

[vatt-world]

hi

Julia Alvarez Tahereh Mafi Diana Abu-Jaber Yasmin Crowther: Jenny Lawson ohn Kennedy Tool Dave Barry: Terry Pratchett Stephen Fry Spike Milligan Bill Bryson Maeve Higgins Christopher Moore Sloane Crosley "I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual" by Luvvie Ajayi: "Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations" Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess): Augusten Burroughs: "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood" P.G. Wodehouse Jonas Jonasson ( Amy Tan My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell: Born Confused" by Tanuja Desai Hidier "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" by Lynne Truss: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian" by Marina Lewycka: Jhumpa Lahiri: How to Be Black" by Baratunde Thurston Nora Ephron Erich Kästner

"The Tent, The Bucket and Me" by Emma Kennedy: Emma Kennedy's memoir offers a hilarious account of her family's disastrous camping trips in 1970s Britain, filled with mishaps, misadventures, and laugh-out-loud moments.

"Notes from a Small Island" by Bill Bryson: Bill Bryson's memoir recounts his journey through Britain, offering humorous observations on its quirks, customs, and idiosyncrasies as an American expatriate.

"Bridget Jones's Diary" by Helen Fielding: While technically a novel, Bridget Jones's diary-style memoir offers a humorous and relatable look at the life of a single woman in London, navigating relationships, career, and the quest for self-improvement.

"Don't Point That Thing at Me" by Kyril Bonfiglioli: This darkly humorous novel follows the exploits of Charlie Mortdecai, a charmingly roguish art dealer, as he gets embroiled in a series of absurd and comical misadventures.

"A Year in Provence" by Peter Mayle: Peter Mayle's memoir chronicles his experiences living in the South of France, offering humorous anecdotes and charming insights into the joys and challenges of adapting to life in a new culture.

"The Great Railway Bazaar" by Paul Theroux: Paul Theroux's travel memoir offers a humorous and insightful account of his journey by train through Asia, capturing the sights, sounds, and eccentric characters he encounters along the way.

"The Outback House" by Leonie Norrington: This memoir follows Leonie Norrington's family as they leave city life behind to live in the Australian outback, offering humorous and heartwarming tales of their adventures and misadventures in the bush.

"Out of Africa" by Isak Dinesen: Isak Dinesen's memoir offers a lyrical and humorous account of her experiences living on a coffee plantation in colonial Kenya, capturing the beauty, romance, and challenges of life in Africa.

"Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China" by Rachel DeWoskin: Rachel DeWoskin's memoir offers a humorous and candid look at her experiences as a young American woman living and working in Beijing, navigating cultural differences, romance, and the complexities of modern China.

"Cider with Rosie" by Laurie Lee: Laurie Lee's memoir offers a humorous and nostalgic look at his childhood in a small English village, capturing the innocence, wonder, and mischief of youth in rural Britain. François Rabelais Azar Nafisi: Marjane Satrapi

[volfoss]

Updated list as of 11/8/2024:

Mahmoud Abd (@mah99moud), verified (#232 on Gaza Vetter's spreadsheet) , €742/€15,000

Jaber Al-Dahdoh (@jaber-dah), unverified (RIS clean), €132/€20,000

Ali Miqdad (@ayameq0), verified (#54 on Gaza Vetter's spreadsheet), €3,271/€70,000

Aseel Asad Mohammed (@aseel68), verified, $83,923/$100,000

Ahmed Asaidi (@savealsaidifamily), verified, £3,125/£30,000

Jana Abu-Naji (@janaabunaje), verified (#132 on Gaza Vetter's spreadsheet), €1,156/€50,000

Mohammed Alanqar (@mohammedalanqar), verified (#172 on el-shab-hussein and nabulsi's spreadsheet), €65,564/€70,000

Mohammed is only €4,436 away from his goal!

Ghazi Alamoudi (@alamoudi-ghazi), verified (#89 on Gaza Vetter's spreadsheet), €2,473/€10,000

Tahseen Alkhazendar (@tahseenfamily), verified, $16,695/$30,000

Mohammed Ayyad (@mohammednasser), unverified (RIS clean), €7,328/€38,000

Ramzy Zaher Foura (@ramzys-stuff), verified, £6,930/£10,000

Habib's family (@abuadam86), verified (#187 on Gaza Vetter's spreadsheet), €4,741/€50,000

Tahrer Jad Al-Haq (@tahrer1990), verified, $15,063/$65,000

Mohammad Atellah (@mohammedatallah), verified, €22,576/€82,000

Rima's family (@riima790), unverified (RIS clean), €5/€50,000

Rima's campaign is VERY low on funds and a new campaign

Youssef Alaa Al-Yazji (@yousefalyazjii1), verified, kr72,105 SEK/ kr200,000 SEK

Reham Alanqar (@rehamalanqar), verified (#14 on Gaza Vetter's spreadsheet), €2,388/€20,000

Ghadeer's family (@ghadeerarqan), verified (#74 on Gaza Vetter's spreadsheet), €10,359/€20,000

Heba Alanqar (@aya-baker), verified, €6,335/€60,000

Ayaa's family (@ayoosh-gaza77), verified, $20,262/$35,000

Mohammed Abu Tahoun (@diana-blog27), unverified (further information here), $25/$20,000

Mohammed's campaign is very low on funds and have pretty good proof that they are a legitimate campaign (as linked above)

Hanan Al-Salout (@hanan-family6), verified (#152 on Gaza Vetter's spreadsheet), $4,586/$20,000

Hala's family (@halamushtaha), verified, $2,265/$35,000

Ahmed Matar (@leenamata123), verified (#33 on Gaza Vetter's spreadsheet), €1,854/€64,000

Ghazal Naseer (@fayezjadallah), verified (#355 on el-shab-hussein and nabulsi's spreadsheet), £6,250/£25,000

Palestinians that have reached out to me

Raghad's family (@ranasadeq) unverified (RIS clean), £343/ £20,000

Jaber AlHaj (@jaberfamily3), verified, $1,370/$29,000

Aya Alanqar (@ayaalanqar9), verified, €15,301/€30,000

Heba Al-Dahdouh (@hebanaseif), unverified (RIS clean), €3,014/€50,000

Salman Hell (@salmangaza), unverified (RIS clean), €379/€18,000

Osama Al-Anqar (@osama-nasr), verified (#12 on Gaza Vetter's spreadsheet), £5,421/£50,000

Lama Hourani (@lamahourani14), verified by association, $9,635/$10,000 LESS THAN 500 DOLLARS FROM THEIR GOAL

Anas Basil (@anas-basilgaza), verified, €6,290/€29,000

Amal Al-Haj (@amal-alhaj), verified (#135 on Gaza Vetter's spreadsheet), $374/$15,000

Falestine Asad (@yousef-fals), verified, $38,791/$40,000

Ola Ahel (@olagaza), verified, $61,785/$85,000

Basma's family (@najwa-shawwa), verified by association, $6,309/$25,000

Please reblog and donate if you are able to!

[its-suanneschafer-author]

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #FencingWithTheKing by Diana Abu-Jaber. A lovely insight into Jordanian politics and family intrigue.

[invincible-selfxmade-punk]

"An arrow of truth should dip its point in honey."

--Diana Abu-Jaber

Fencing With The King

[libraryresources]

Always encouraging to hear what people who understand libraries say about the libraries they’ve loved! :’)

[crescentliteraryblog]

Crescent by Diana Abu Jaber

[allwaysfull]

The Language of Baklava | Diana Abu-Jaber

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

✨ National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM) is celebrated in April. The first Arab American Heritage Day was celebrated on October 25, 1992. NAAHM celebrates the heritage and culture of Arab Americans and Arabic-speaking Americans. It also recognizes the contributions of Arab Americans to the United States, including:

🌙 The history of Arab migration to America 🌙 The diversity within the Arab American community 🌙 Important customs and traditions 🌙 The fight for civil rights and social justice

✨ NAAHM also serves as a time to: 🌙 Combat Anti-Arab bigotry 🌙 Challenge stereotypes and prejudices

✨ In 2023, the president declared April National Arab American Heritage Month. However, I felt it necessary to recognize Arab American Heritage Day this year, too. I'm Palestinian 🇵🇸, but growing up, I never saw that word printed on a page, never saw it recognized as a nationality in novels or newspapers. We're here. We exist. We will not be erased, ignored, or silenced.

✨ In celebration of these voices, here are a few books by Arab and 🇵🇸Palestinian authors to consider adding to your TBR.

🌙 A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum 🌙 Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa 🌙 The Woman From Tantoura by Radwa Ashour 🌙 You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat 🌙 Crescent by Diana Abu Jaber 🌙 Salt Houses by Hala Alyan 🌙 Minor Detail by Adania Shibli 🌙 As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh 🌙 Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi 🌙 Silence is a Sense by Layla AlAmmar 🌙 The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah 🌙 Exhausted on the Cross by Najwan Darwish 🌙 Palestine Is Throwing a Party and the Whole World Is Invited by Kareem Rabie 🌙 My First and Only Love by Sahar Khalifeh 🌙 Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd 🌙 Among the Almond Trees by Hussein Barghouthi 🌙 Palestine: A Socialist Introduction (edited) by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean 🌙 The Book of Ramallah (edited) by Maya Abu Al-Hayat 🌙 Stories Under Occupation: And Other Plays from Palestine (edited) by Samer al-Saber and Gary M. English 🌙 Ever Since I Did Not Die by Ramy al-Asheq 🌙 Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine by Mohammad Sabaaneh 🌙 Post-Millennial Palestine: Literature, Memory, Resistance (edited) by Ahmad Qabaha and Rachel Gregory Fox 🌙 The Dance of the Deep-Blue Scorpion by Akram Musallam 🌙 Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr 🌙 The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey by Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt 🌙 Evil Eye by Etaf Rum 🌙 A Child in Palestine by Naji al-Ali 🌙 Murals by Mahmoud Darwish 🌙 Farah Rocks by Susan Muaddi Darraj 🌙 Halal Hot Dogs by Suzannah Aziz, illustrated by Parwinder Singh 🌙 Baba, What Does My Name Mean? A Journey to Palestine by Rifk Ebeid, illustrated by Lamaa Jawhari 🌙 The Olive Tree Said to Me by N. Salem 🌙 Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah 🌙 Don't Read The Comments by Eric Smith 🌙 Jasmine Falling by Shereen Malherbe 🌙 Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa 🌙 The Lady of Tel Aviv by Raba’i al-Madhoun 🌙 Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family by Najla Said

[arnesaknussemm]

Sono sempre stata attratta dalla scrittura. Considero la scrittura uno dei pochi "luoghi" dove posso essere totalmente me stessa con onestà e coraggio. È immensamente liberatoria. Attraverso essa comunico con gli altri e la cosa più affascinante è che scopro molte cose del mio mondo interiore.

Diana Abu-Jaber

[crescentliteraryblog]

Crescent, by Diana Abu Jaber, debunks the western myths about the Middle East. The above image depicts Iraq in the 1980's, a stark contrast from the war torn repressive state that Americans perceive Iraq to be.

صورة لطلبة الجامعات في الماضي … طلبة كلية الصيدلة جامعة بغداد سنة 1988 Iraq, Baghdad University, College of pharmacy

[heavenlyyshecomes]

Mondays are for baklava, which she learned to make by watching her parents. Her mother said that a baklava-maker should have sensitive, supple hands, so she was in charge of opening and unpeeling the paper-thin layers of dough and placing them in a stack in the tray. Her father was in charge of pastry-brushing each layer of dough with a coat of drawn butter. It was systematic yet graceful: her mother carefully unpeeling each layer and placing them in the tray where Sirine’s father painted them. It was important to move quickly so that the unbuttered layers didn’t dry out and start to fall apart. This was one of the ways that Sirine learned how her parents loved each other—their concerted movements like a dance; they swam together through the round arcs of her mother’s arms and her father’s tender strokes.

— DINA ABU-JABER, Crescent