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SUMMARY:The DC Arab Literature Festival: Narrating the Middle East\, May 17-18 (Free)
DESCRIPTION:  \nRegister Here \n  \nStart: May 17th at 10 AM End: May 18th at 6 PM Cost: Free \nThe Middle East Institute’s Arts and Culture Center and The Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation in partnership with the Cheuse Center for International Writers at George Mason University present a two-day\, virtual literature festival featuring writers and poets from the Middle East. Panels explore the works and experiences of leading and emerging Arab authors and poets and the challenges of publishing and translating works from the Middle East. \nKeynote Speaker: Rabih Alameddine\, May 17\, 10:00\nMay 17\, 10:45-12:00 \nArab Fiction Now & the Challenges of Writing in and about the Region\nThis panel of leading regional and diaspora authors will discuss the inspiration for their most recent novels and the social\, cultural and political context informing their work.  The panel will also explore the challenges that Arab writers in the region and its diaspora face as they reflect on societies dealing with globalization\, trauma\, gender\, sexuality and identity.   \nAhmed Naji Egypt\, Using Life\, 2017 \nZaina ArafatUS-Palestine\, You Exist Too Much\, 2021 Lambda Literary Award \nRasha Abbas Syria-Germany\, The Gist of It\, 2019 \nMatthew Davis (moderator)Founding director of the Cheuse International Writers Center at George Mason University and Assistant Professor Creative Writing George Mason University.  \nMonday\, 12:30-2:00 \nModern Poetry in the Arab World\nThis panel features Arab poets who will share their poems in English and the vision that drives their inspiration. \nNujoom al GhannemUAE\, Asqoto fi Nafsi (I Fall into Myself)\, 2012 \nZeina Hashem BeckLebanon\, Author\, “O”\, ( forthcoming in July 2022) \nDunya MikhailIraq-US\, In Her Feminine Sign\, 2019 \nNathalie Handal (moderator)Palestine-USA-France\, poet\, playwright\, translator \nMore.
URL:https://themarkaz.org/oldmarkaz/tevent/the-dc-arab-literature-festival-narrating-the-middle-east-may-17-18-free/
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