"I don't sit down to write something politically or to challenge stereotypes. Being who I am, almost everything I do will be political, almost everything I do will be a challenge to those stereotypes…"
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Novelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesPainters from the United StatesPostmodern authorsPeople from Lebanon
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On challenging stereotypes in “Researcher Nadia Barhoum interviews Rabih Alameddine” (Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley)
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