Arab Studies Quarterly
Volume 46 • Number 2 • Spring 2024
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Arab Studies Quarterly
EDITOR
Ibrahim G. Aoudé, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, Honolulu
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Liana M. Petranek, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, Honolulu
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Salam Mir, Independent Scholar, U.S.A.
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Tahrir Hamdi, Arab Open University, Jordan
Rami Siklawi, Independent Scholar, Lebanon
BOARD OF EDITORS
Janice J. Terry, Eastern Michigan University, Emeritus, Chair
Salam Al-Rawi, AAUG
Ibrahim G. Aoudé, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, Honolulu
Fouad Moughrabi, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Jamal R. Nassar, California State University, San Bernardino
Ahlam Muhtaseb, California State University, San Bernardino
Ghada Talhami, Lake Forest College, Emeritus, Chicago
ADVISORY BOARD OF EDITORS
Nabeel Abraham, Henry Ford Community College
Baha Abu-Laban, University of Alberta
Tareq Ismael, University of Calgary
Jamil E. Jreisat, University of South Florida
Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University
Afaf Mahfouz, Society for International Development and the Washington Psycho-Analytic Society
William Quandt, University of Virginia
Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) is a peer-reviewed journal on the Arabs, their culture, history, and institutions.
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CONTRIBUTIONS AND EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
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Editorial Correspondence should be addressed to: Ibrahim G. Aoudé, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822. Email: aoude@123456hawaii.edu
All communications regarding book reviews and review essays should be directed to Salam Mir: salam21204@123456yahoo.com
CONTENTS
Remembering Refaat Alareer 96
Editor’s Note 99
ARTICLES
“A History Buried Alive”: Resisting Amnesia and Reclaiming Native Palestinian Ecology in the Works of Susan Abulhawa 100
Nasooha M.
The Arab American Polyphonic Novel and Its Indictment of the Post-9/11 Political Agenda 119
Reem Hazboun Taşyakan
Triangular Dynamics: US Response to China’s Assertiveness in the Middle East 137
Manar Shorbagy
BOOK REVIEWS
Irfan, Anna. Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the International Refugee System 162
Bishara, Amahl. Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression 165
BOOKS IN BRIEF 168