In this episode, Pauline Homsi Vinson interviews poet Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch about their award-winning poetry collection, The Good Arabs. El Bechelany-Lynch's The Good Arabs explores the many simultaneous realities present within their Arab, Lebanese community such as anti-Black sentiments and the embracing of capitalism while also being hospitable and generous. The Good Arabs examines race and class, gender and sexuality, and the experience of language all within the Lebanese diaspora. Watch Eli's reading at https://seenjeempodcast.org/season-two-episodes/eli
