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SUMMARY:afikra Conversations: Professor Tarek El-Ariss
DESCRIPTION:Join Mikey Muhanna as he interviews James Wright professor and professor of Middle Eastern studies Dr. Tarek El-Ariss for the afikra Conversations series. \nTarek El-Ariss is the James Wright Professor at Dartmouth College and Guggenheim Fellow 2021-22. Trained in philosophy\, comparative literature\, and visual and cultural studies\, he works across disciplines and languages to examine notions of the subject\, community\, and modernity in Arabic culture\, literature\, and art. His research interests include new media and cyber culture; literary theory and digital humanities; Nahda and modernity studies; travel writing and the war novel; sci-fi and utopia studies; 18th- and 19th-century French philosophy and literature; and gender and sexuality studies. He is author of “Trials of Arab Modernity: Literary Affects and the New Political” and “Leaks\, “Hacks\, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age”\, and editor of the MLA anthology\, “The Arab Renaissance: A Bilingual Anthology of the Nahda.”
URL:https://arablit.org/event/afikra-conversations-professor-tarek-el-ariss/
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SUMMARY:Comma Press Event on 'The American Way: Stories of Invasion\,' with Fariba Nawa and Bina Shah
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 26th October 2021 \n7pm \nOnline event \n\nThe American Way: Stories of Invasion re-examines US foreign policy with stories that explore the human cost of these interventions on foreign soil\, by writers from that soil. For this special online event\, Fariba Nawa and Bina Shah\, two of the anthology’s contributors will be discussing their stories and the events depicted within. The anthology includes stories translated from Arabic by Hassan Blasim\, Najwa Bin Shatwan\, and others. \n\nSPEAKERS: \n\nFariba Nawa is an Afghan-American freelance journalist based in Istanbul. She was born and raised in Afghanistan until she was 9\, then fled the Soviet invasion with her family to the U.S. in the 1980s. She authored Afghanistan Inc. (CorpWatch)\, an oft-cited resource in international debates on the effectiveness of reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. She is also author of Opium Nation (Harper Perennial\, 2011)\, a personal account of the drug trade in Afghanistan and its impact on women. She is the host and chief editor of On Spec podcast. \n\nBina Shah is a Karachi-based author of five novels and two collections of short stories. Her latest novel\, Before She Sleeps\, was published by Delphinium Books in August 2018. A regular contributor to The New York Times\, Al Jazeera\, The Huffington Post\, and a frequent guest on the BBC\, she has contributed essays and op-eds to Granta\, The Independent\, and The Guardian\, and writes a regular op-ed column for Dawn\, Pakistan’s biggest English-language newspaper. She works on issues of women’s rights and female empowerment in Pakistan and across Muslim countries. In 2020\, she was awarded the rank of Chevalier in the Ordre des arts et des lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. \n\nHOW TO ACCESS THIS ONLINE EVENT: \nAn invitation to this online event will be emailed to you on the day of the event. We will use the email address used to register for this event. Confirmation emails and invitation links sometimes end up in spam folders\, so please check there before emailing the shop. Thank you. \n\nTICKET INFORMATION: \nIf you’d like a copy of the book then choose the book plus entry ticket. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. \nThere’s also a free access ticket for students\, low income and unwaged comrades. \nAvailable via Eventbrite here.
URL:https://arablit.org/event/comma-press-event-on-the-american-way-stories-of-invasion-with-fariba-nawa-and-bina-shah/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Words Without Borders Gala
DESCRIPTION:The virtual gala will feature bilingual readings with some of the world’s most captivating literary voices\, musical performances\, and an opportunity to connect with a global literary community. With publisher and poet Daniel Halpern as chair and celebrated author and translator Jhumpa Lahiri as honorary chair\, this will be a truly special event. It will also help WWB continue to expand access to eye-opening international writing for readers around the world\, fostering connection and exchange across borders. \nWords Without Borders is bringing you not just one\, but TWO galas so you can attend at a time tailored specifically to your hemisphere: \n\nWestern Hemisphere edition: Tuesday\, October 26\, 2021 (7:00 PM EDT)\nEastern Hemisphere edition: Wednesday\, October 27\, 2021 (12 PM London (BST)\, 4:30 PM Delhi  (IST)\, 8 PM Tokyo (JST))\n\nThe event will also be recorded and available for streaming on the WWB Youtube channel after it takes place. \nCheck out the wonderful line-up and get your tickets here.
URL:https://arablit.org/event/virtual-words-without-borders-gala/
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SUMMARY:The American Way: Stories of Invasion\, with Fariba Nawa and Bina Shah
DESCRIPTION:The American Way: Stories of Invasion re-examines US foreign policy with stories that explore the human cost of these interventions on foreign soil\, by writers from that soil. It features\, among many other writers\, stories by Najwa Bin Shatwan\, Hassan Blasim\, and Lina Meruane. \nFor this special online event\, Fariba Nawa and Bina Shah\, two of the anthology’s contributors will be discussing their stories and the events depicted within. By presenting events from indigenous\, grassroots perspectives\, accompanied by afterwords by the historians that consulted on them\, this book attempts to bring some clarity back to the history of US interventions. \n 
URL:https://arablit.org/event/the-american-way-stories-of-invasion-with-fariba-nawa-and-bina-shah/
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