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Nawal El-Saadawi
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Marcel Khalife
Rachida Mohammedi
Gary Paul Nabhan
Naomi Shihab Nye
Jack Shaheen
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Ahdaf Soueif.
Etel Adnan
President, 1996-2005
Barbara Nimri Aziz
Executive Director,
1996-2005, and Founder
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Gourad Media Group Logo
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Nihad Dukhan
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Radius of Arab American Writers Inc. Mission Statement revised and approved
Dec.9, 1996, NYC, at time of incorporation.
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RAWI’s aims: |
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- To encourage our Arab youth to write
- To offer members a professional network
- To urge members to publish their work in mainstream publications
- To support sister and brother writers in the Arab world
- To welcome established writers as well as writers beginning their career
- To prepare a guide to Arab-American writers
We are open to fiction and non-fiction writers, essayists, poets, journalists,
photojournalists, artists who work with words, and academics of Arab heritage
from the Arab lands-- Magreb to Mashreq. Arab heritage is an essential
component of our identity, although not an essential subject matter of our
work.
This is a professional organization largely concerned with English medium
literary works and professionals working in English. We therefore are concerned
with developing strong and professional ties with American English language
institutions, whether journals, English departments, publishers, editors, or
writers.
We seek to represent a progressive voice in the American community, and a voice
for justice in the US and abroad. We seek to promote the building of coalitions,
and collaborate with others around issues of social justice.
To join RAWI:
Visit us, or write RAWI, PO Box 5023, Madison, WI, 53705 |
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