Research Guides: Middle East and Islamic Studies Library Resources: Muslims in America

Muslims in America

These resources are intended to support student in the secondary field of Ethnicity, Migration and Rights (EMR) (particular the participants fo the academic working group, Muslim American Studies) as well as the Harvard community more broadly. Harvard Library Guide for EMR.

Please note we are working on building more resources and would be eager to collaborate with you if you have a research topic in mind via email sarah_demott@harvard.edu

Harvard celebrates National Arab American Heritage Month, recognized in April 2021 by President Joe Biden, honoring the contributions and rich heritage of Arab Americans.

Learn more about Arab American Heritage Month and find opportunities and resources via Harvard Worldwide.

https://www.library.hbs.edu/heritage-months/arab-american-heritage-month#

Topic to Search May Include:

Islam in American Imagination
Islamaphobia
Nation of Islam
African American Muslim Community
Arab American Muslim Community
South Asian American Muslim Community
Muslim Women in America
Arab Muslim Migration
Mosques in American Landscape
Halal and Food Studies
Hollywood and Muslim Representation
Arab American Politics
Muslim Faith and American Law

BOOKS

Neighbors : Muslims in North America, interviews by Elias D. Mallon. New York : Friendship Press, 1989, 104 p.HOLLIS Record
For more books on this topic, search: “Muslims United States Interviews” (When searching in HOLLIS Library Catalog, be sure to use quotations" ")

ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS:

New York University, Tamiment Library’s, Shaheen Collection, has the largest collection in the country on the representation of Arabs and Muslims in American popular culture.

Additional Sites for Sources
https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/

PRAYER SPACES

https://ask.library.harvard.edu/faq/82318
Ramadan programming
Muslim Chaplains at Harvard