Moustafa Bayoumi (born 1966) is an American writer, journalist, and professor. Of Egyptian descent, Bayoumi is based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a professor of English at

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Biography

Moustafa Bayoumi was born in

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, Switzerland, and raised in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Bayoumi completed his Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature at

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. He is co-editor of ''The

Edward Said Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of Postcolonialism, post-co ...

Reader'' (Vintage, 2002), editor of '' Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and How It Changed the Course of the Israeli/Palestine Conflict'' (first published by

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, trade edition by Haymarket Books, 2010) and has published academic essays in publications including '' Transition'', ''Interventions'', the '' Yale Journal of Criticism'', '' Amerasia'', ''

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'', and the '' Journal of Asian American Studies''.

Writings

His writings have also appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

The Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first Alternative newspaper, alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf (publisher), Dan Wolf, ...

''. His essay "Disco Inferno", originally published in ''The Nation'', was included in the collection "Best Music Writing 2006". From 2003 to 2006, he served on the National Council of the American Studies Association, and he was also an editor for '' Middle East Report''. Since 2015, he has also been a regular contributor to ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'' newspaper, mainly contributing opinion pieces. Bayoumi's work, ''How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America'', traces the experiences of seven young Arab-Americans navigating life in a post–September 11 environment, where complicated public perceptions of the attacks gave birth to new brands of stereotypes, fueling widespread discrimination. It is the story of how young Arab and Muslim Americans are forging lives for themselves in a country that often mistakes them for the enemy. His title is a reference to the W.E.B. Du Bois' 1903 classic, ''

The Souls of Black Folk ''The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches'' is a 1903 work of American literature by W. E. B. Du Bois. It is a seminal work in the history of sociology and a cornerstone of African-American literature. The book contains several essays on ...

''. ''How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America'' was awarded a 2008 American Book Award and the 2009 Arab American Book Award for Non-Fiction. In ''This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror'' ( NYU Press, 2015), Bayoumi reveals what the War on Terror looks like from the vantage point of Muslim Americans, highlighting the profound effect this surveillance has had on how they live their lives. The essays expose how contemporary politics, movies, novels, media experts and more have together produced a culture of fear and suspicion that not only willfully forgets the Muslim-American past, but also threatens all of our civil liberties in the present. ''This Muslim American Life'' was awarded the 2016 Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Arab American Book Award.

References

External links

Moustafa Bayoumi
''official website''
Faculty: Moustafa Bayoumi
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A Postcolonial Scholar in the Department of English Takes Pride in Student Success
September 8, 2004
Column archive
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Edward W. Said (1935–2003) A Testimonial to My Teacher
, '' Village Voice'', September 30, 2003
Shadows and Light: Colonial Modernity and the Grand Mosquee of Paris
Moustafa Bayoumi, '' Yale Journal of Criticism'', Fall 2000
Brooklyn College Facing Criticism Over Required Reading by Harsh Israel Critic
'' The Jewish Week'', August 27, 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bayoumi, Moustafa Living people American academics of English literature Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Brooklyn College faculty Swiss emigrants to the United States Writers from Zurich American Book Award winners Writers from Brooklyn American people of Egyptian descent 1966 births