An introductory course to the rich literary heritage produced by Arab authors writing in English from the nineteenth century to the present, what is now called Anglophone-Arab literature. The course will trace the developments, achievements and trajectories of this emergent literature by examining the works of Arab authors residing in the Western world. We will explore the new forms of belonging these writers forge today and further investigate how race, religion, ethnicity and migration complicate the question of nationalism and identity-formation. Close attention will be paid to the transnational and migratory articulations of home and belonging Arab writers have initiated in the 21st century.