Ars Poetica

Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey is a Professor of English in St. Louis, Missouri. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and a PhD in Adult Education: Teaching and Learning Processes. Her research interests include Arab American history, literature, and culture. Dr. Goushey’s creative work has been published in journals such as Yellow Medicine Review, Mizna, Sukoon, FIYAH, Strange Horizons and the Anthology of Arab American Creative Non-Fiction. She has published on popular media sites such as The Middle East Eye, PatheosMuslim, and Jadaliyya. She is the editor of Baladi Magazine. Follow her on Twitter @lgoushey and/or @BaladiMagazine.