Author and Journalist
Yale MacMillan Center/Union Square/Holiday House
Rhonda Roumani is a Syrian American journalist and author, who has covered the Arab world and Muslim American issues for more than two decades. Her debut Upper Middle Grade novel Tagging Freedom will be released on Nov 7, 2023 with Union Square & Co. She is also the co-author of an upcoming picture book with Holiday House (Summer, 2024) titled, Insha’Allah, No, Maybe So and Umm Kulthum, Star of the East with Interlink (2024). She is an affiliate of the Yale MacMillan Center, Council on Middle Eastern Studies. Visit her online at www.rhondaroumani.com
Yalla, Habibi: Where are the Arab American Voices in Children's Literature?
Saturday, June 29, 2024
9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
Multitudes: The Power of Authentic & Diverse Representation in Muslim Stories
Sunday, June 30, 2024
2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific