A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child’s Search for Home
by Maysa Odeh and Aliaa Betawi
(Honor, 2025)
Ida in the Middle
by Nora Lester Murad
(Finalist, 2024)
Habibi
by Naomi Shihab Nye
(Winner, 1998)
Kareem Between
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
(Finalist, 2025)
The Shepherd’s Granddaughter
by Anne Laurel Carter
(Honor, 2009)
The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl
by David Kherdian
(Winner, 1980)
The One & Only Googoosh: Iran’s Beloved Superstar
by Azadeh Westergaard
(Finalist, 2026)
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad
(Honor, 2009)
TeachingBooks defines their category of “Middle Eastern” as: “Books focusing on the histories, cultures, experiences, and perspectives of the peoples originating in the Arabian peninsula, the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, and/or the countries of Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, and Libya living anywhere in the world.”
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April is Arab American Heritage Month! Find out more here.
Arab American Book Awards
Honoring original well-written books by or about Arab Americans experience including children and young adult titles. Find out more here.