Critical Praise

"Moustafa Bayoumi's How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? has an intimate feel, as the author listens closely to the dreams and realities of seven young Arabs living in post-9/11 America."

—Dallas Morning News

"These are great stories about people who might be your neighbors, and Bayoumi delivers them with urgency, compassion, wryness and hints of poetry. You may walk away from the book with a much greater understanding of Arab-American life, but you'll feel that's simply because you've hung out with Bayoumi and friends, snarfing down Dunkin' Donuts or puffing on hookahs, talking about vital issues."

—Salon.com

"In How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Bayoumi... gives twenty-something Arab-Americans the chance to talk about their victories and defeats."

—The Wall Street Journal