Randa Jarrar: Difference between revisions

'''Randa Jarrar''' (born 1978) is an Arab-American writer and translator. Her first novel, the coming-of-age story ''A Map of Home'' (2008), won her the Hopwood Award, and an Arab-American Book Award. Since then she has published short stories, essays, and the collection, ''Him, Me, Muhammad Ali'' (2016). She teaches creative writing in an MFA program at [[California State University at Fresno]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/english/faculty/jarrar.html|title=Randa Jarrar|website=www.fresnostate.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-04-20}}</ref><ref name="FresnoBee18042018">{{cite web|last1=Anteola|first1=Bryant-Jon|title=Fresno State professor stirs outrage, calls Barbara Bush an 'amazing racist'|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article209197719.html|website=The Fresno Bee|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> where she is currently on leave.<ref name="FresnoBee18042018"/> In 2018 Jarrar attracted public attention for making statements critical of [[Barbara Bush]] on social media following her death.