In a culture where stereotypes are so common and prevalent left and right, it's not uncommon to hear someone say "That guy looks suspicious” or “You really are an FOB.” However, we must be careful about these comments or stereotypes, because we must remember that what we do only further fuels a closed society and contributes to devaluing a mixed society. In all three novels, Throne of the Crescent Moon, Anatomy of a Disappearance and Lebanese Blonde, the three Arab male characters have shown themselves to go against this grain of stereotypical Arab male gender/culture. Whether it's Doctor Adoulla Makhslood, the ghoul hunter from the town of Dhamsawaat, who is simply trying to rewind after a hard day's work and enjoy his tea; Or Nuri el-Alfi, the young boy with a strange fascination for a woman who becomes his stepmother with a father who can only be described as mysterious; Or Samir Tammouz, the reluctant individual who never seemed to really understand what he was getting into until it was too late. These three Arab male characters in the three novels are distinct in their own way and this is what separates them from the dominant stereotypes of Arab male gender and culture. In Throne of the Crescent Moon, Doctor Adoulla Makhslood is not the stereotypical Arab elder. A society that, often in a white male dominated society, views these Arab elders as being surrounded by their grandchildren and wasting what remains of their lives caring for and basking in the company of their children's offspring. For Doctor Adoulla, what he faces (as an aging Arab man) is having continued his career as a ghoul hunter simply because he is considered the only ghoul hunter in town. from the middle of...... paper ......e are a mixture of colors and characteristics. In all three novels, each of the male characters is unique in his own way; which allows them to go against the stereotypes that are in place towards them. Whether or not the author's goal is to go against prevailing stereotypes of Arab men, it is refreshing to see that they have not confined them to one characteristic, personality or a defined trait. Each author allowed these characters to free themselves from the constraints of established stereotypes; allowing readers to understand them in a different and unique way. Works Cited Ahmed, Saladin. Crescent Moon Throne. New York: DAW Books, 2012. Print. Geha, Joseph. Lebanese blonde: a novel. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012. PrintMatar, Histam. Anatomy of a disappearance: a novel. New York: Dial Press, 2011. Print.