Author Alicia Erian mines her life’s experience for her books, stories and screenplays.  Find her latest book, Towelhead, and her latest collection, The Brutal Language of Love.

Artist Huguette Caland has found America to be the place she can most freely express herself in her art.

Hassan Faraj’s life was actually turned into art – the story of this neighborhood butcher became the subject of a community theater piece.