Aliyah Alsaber (Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University)
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The complexities of migration, diaspora, and critical nostalgia provide a lens through which to explore identity, belonging, and cultural memory. In the context of Arab American literature, these themes take on added significance, reflecting the multiple experiences and narratives of individuals and communities navigating the intersections of Arab and American senses of un-be-longing.

The complexities of migration, diaspora, and critical nostalgia provide a lens through which to explore identity, belonging, and cultural memory. In the context of Arab American literature, these themes take on added significance, reflecting the multiple experiences and narratives of individuals and communities navigating the intersections of Arab and American senses of un-be-longing.

Potential topics for exploration include, but are not limited to:

- Representations of migration, displacement, and critical nostalgia in Arab American literature.

- Experiences of exile and alienation among Arab American communities.

- Nostalgia and be-longing for homeland that may or may not exist in Arab American literary works.

- Transnational identities and hybridity in contemporary Arab American literature.

- Gender, sexuality, and diasporic experiences in Arab American literary texts.

- Trauma, memory, and narrative in Arab American diasporic literature.

- Intersectionality and the politics of race, ethnicity, and religion in Arab American literary representations.

- Comparative approaches to Arab American literature and other diasporic literatures.

- The role of language, translation, and multilingualism in Arab American literary productions.