September 2007: Volume 1, Issue 1

On September 7, 2007, we released our debut issue of the a-Rab at 36 pages including the cover. We printed only 300 copies our first run due to a lack of funding, to be distributed at various venues in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are also releasing it on-line for free in PDF and HTML format. To download the PDF, click here. To view most of the issue on-line, please navigate the contents below. You can also view a virtual edition of the magazine by clicking here.

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Table of Contents

editors' note - yaman salahi and husam zakharia

identity
what is the a-Rab?
identity is more than a passport - nadia barhoum
the in-between of exile - dina omar
being an arab: the five stages of grief - husam zakharia
black-arab solidarity: what could it mean? - liz derias
in search of an alternative - tamara al-om
reinstate debbie almontaser now! - rawi
who is iranian? - tala khanmalek

comment
muslim, the race - brett newell-woods
on parades and protests - yaman salahi
woman: the cradle of civilization - dina omar
resist, don't enlist! - nadia abou-karr
reclaim the feda`yee! - saleh hijazi

creation
balaat baby - tamara buran
gaucho's is coming! - brett newell-woods
shahid - brett newell-woods
confessions of a madrasa grad - yaman salahi


Cover page of September 2007 issue. Art by Banksy.