Writer-in-Residence/Professor, English Department, Portland State University (1996–present). Her academic appointments include: Visiting Assistant Professor, English, Iowa State University (1990) Īssistant Professor, English, University of Oregon (1990–1995) and Arabian Jazz (1993) Crescent (2003) Origin (2007) Birds of Paradise (2011) Silverworld (2020) Fencing with the King (2022) Non fiction. Career Ību-Jaber writes about Arab and Arab-American culture and identity, often using the culture of food and food production. She divides her time between Miami and Portland. She received a BA in English and Creative Writing from the State University of New York at Oswego, an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor, and a PhD in English and Creative Writing from Binghamton University. At the age of seven, she moved with her family for two years to Jordan. From the acclaimed author of Crescent, called radiant, wise, and passionate by the Chicago Tribune, here is a vibrant, humorous memoir of growing up with. Her father was Jordanian with a Palestinian Jerusalemite mother Diana's mother was American, descended from Irish and German roots. Diana Abu-Jaber is the award-winning author of seven books of fiction and nonfiction, including Crescent and The Language of Baklava. Early life and education Ību-Jaber was born in Syracuse, New York. Novelist, professor at Portland State Universityĭiana Abu-Jaber ( Arabic: ديانا أبو جابر) is an American author and a professor at Portland State University.
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