Moustafa Bayoumi is an associate professor of English at Brooklyn College (NY) and the author of, “How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America.” In it, Bayoumi looks at many of the struggles and hurdles facing Arab and Muslim Americans in the United States.
What CD are you listening to now? “Closer than Veins” by Outlandish, a remarkably good Danish Muslim hip hop group. (Yes, you read that right.)
What was the last movie you saw? “Tell No One” (Why do the French make the best thrillers?)
What Web sites do you visit in the morning? nytimes.com; washingtonpost.com; latimes.com; guardian.co.uk; abuaardvark.typepad.com; angryarab.blogspot.com
What book are you reading? Black Bourgeoisie, E. Franklin Frazier’s angry 1957 classic.
What’s your favorite TV show? That’s easy. Gossip Girl!