Evelyn Shakir (1938–2010) was a literary scholar. She was a pioneer in the study of Arab American literature, publishing some of the first academic papers to name Arab American literature as a field. She published several books, including ''Remember Me to Lebanon: Stories of Lebanese Women in America'', a 2007 short story collection that won the Arab American National Book Award. Her memoirs were published posthumously as ''Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab-American Woman'' (Boston: Olive Branch Press, 2014). She is remembered on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail, and the Arab American Book Award nonfiction prize was renamed in her honor.
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Evelyn Shakir (1938–2010) was a literary scholar. She was a pioneer in the study of Arab American literature, publishing some of the first academic papers to name Arab American literature as a field. She published several books, including ''Remember Me to Lebanon: Stories of Lebanese Women in America'', a 2007 short story collection that won the Arab American National Book Award. Her memoirs were published posthumously as ''Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab-American Woman'' (Boston: Olive Branch Press, 2014). She is remembered on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail, and the Arab American Book Award nonfiction prize was renamed in her honor.
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