{"id":8323,"date":"2022-05-11T10:16:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T08:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=8323"},"modified":"2022-12-18T20:52:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T18:52:15","slug":"the-dc-arab-literature-festival-narrating-the-middle-east-may-17-18-free","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/event\/the-dc-arab-literature-festival-narrating-the-middle-east-may-17-18-free\/","title":{"rendered":"The DC Arab Literature Festival: Narrating the Middle East, May 17-18 (Free)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mei.swoogo.com\/dcarabliterature\/begin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register Here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Start: May 17th at 10 AM End: May 18th at 6 PM Cost: Free<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mei.edu\/dc-arab-literature-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle East Institute<\/a>\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<h4>Keynote Speaker: Rabih Alameddine, May 17, 10:00<\/h4>\n<p>May 17, 10:45-12:00<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"panel-title\">Arab Fiction Now &amp; the Challenges of Writing in and about the Region<\/h3>\n<p>This 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. \u00a0The 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. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"participant\"><span class=\"participant-name\">Ahmed Naji\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"participant-title\">Egypt,\u00a0Using Life<em>, 2017<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"participant-name\">Zaina Arafat<\/span><span class=\"participant-title\">US-Palestine, You Exist Too Much, 2021 Lambda Literary Award<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"participant\"><span class=\"participant-name\">Rasha Abbas\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"participant-title\">Syria-Germany, The Gist of It, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"participant-name\">Matthew Davis (moderator)<\/span><span class=\"participant-title\">Founding director of the Cheuse International Writers Center at George Mason University and Assistant Professor Creative Writing George Mason University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Monday, 12:30-2:00<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"panel-title\">Modern Poetry in the Arab World<\/h3>\n<p>This panel features Arab poets who will share their poems in English and the vision that drives their inspiration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"participant\"><span class=\"participant-name\">Nujoom al Ghannem<\/span><span class=\"participant-title\">UAE, Asqoto fi Nafsi (I Fall into Myself), 2012<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"participant\"><span class=\"participant-name\">Zeina Hashem Beck<\/span><span class=\"participant-title\">Lebanon, Author, &#8220;O&#8221;, ( forthcoming in July 2022)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"participant\"><span class=\"participant-name\">Dunya Mikhail<\/span><span class=\"participant-title\">Iraq-US, In Her Feminine Sign, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"participant\"><span class=\"participant-name\">Nathalie Handal (moderator)<\/span><span class=\"participant-title\">Palestine-USA-France, poet, playwright, translator<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mei.edu\/dc-arab-literature-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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