MENAWA Reading Group: “The Monotonous Chaos of Existence” by Hisham Bustani
Join MENAWAPoco's March 2022 virtual book discussion, of Hisham Bustani's "The Monotonous Chaos of Existence" on March 17, 5pm UK time.
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Adabiyat Book Club: Malika Moustadraf’s “Blood Feast”
Join Adabiyat's March 2022 virtual book club! They will be discussing Moroccan author Malika Moustadraf's short story collection "Blood Feast" on March 20 at 12 pm EST.
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Bilal Orfali: “Islamic Law in Literature: Case Studies from Tanukhī (d. 384/994) and Hamadhanī (d. 398/1008)”
Bilal Orfali will be giving the DVP Bayard Dodge Lectures for Spring 2022, with the first of these titled "Islamic Law in Literature: Case Studies from Tanukhī (d. 384/994) and Hamadhanī (d. 398/1008)."
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Michael Cooperson: Rethinking Arabic Literary History
Join Michael Cooperson in this lecture on what a new history of pre-modern Arabic literature should look like.
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Bilal Orfali: Walking in the Steps of Poets: Courtly Themes in Early Sufism
As the second lecture of the DVP Bayard Dodge Sprin 2022 Lecture series, Bilal Orfali will give a talk in Arabic on "Walking in the Steps of Poets: Courtly Themes in Early Sufism."
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Michael Cooperson: Learning Arabic Backwards
Michael Cooperson will give an online lecture on 'Learning Arabic Backwards: Was it Absolutely Terrifying?' at Harvard's CMES, drawing on his experience of translating al-Hariri's "Maqamat."
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Queer Trans/Nationalisms: Love & Rage in Times of Atrocity ft. Zeyn Joukhadar and Randa Jarrar in Conversation
Join this event with Zeyn Joukhadar and Randa Jarrar in conversation; part of University of Notre Dame's "Literatures of Annihilation, Exile & Resistance" series.
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Virtual Book Launch: Hilal Chouman’s ‘Huzn fi qalbi’
Lebanese novelist Hilal Chouman will be in conversation with Rasha Hilwi on the occasion of the launch of his new book, حزن في قلبي.
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Syrian Poets Today and Elsewhere
Join RAWI for the first gathering of its kind, of Syrian poets writing today and from elsewhere in the diaspora.