afikra Conversations: Poet Naomi Shihab Nye
Join this interview with poet Naomi Shihab Nye for the afikra Conversations series.
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Poetry
Translation Talks: Khaled Mattawa and Sarah Riggs
The Griffin Poetry Prize is excited to launch their new series Translation Talks, with the first session taking place on Thursday, January 27th at 7pm ET on Zoom, featuring Khaled Mattawa in conversation with Sarah Riggs.
Listen to the Mourners: The Essential Poems of Nāzik al-Malā’ika
‘Abdulwāḥid Lu’lu’a is discussing Nāzik Al-Malā’ika's poems on 1/28, 6:00pm–7:00pm GMT, from Cambridge. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83547890773?pwd=aVcxTTU5Nk02dGQxeXZrTi8zM3Zndz09&fbclid=IwAR0HCOMqcquriLLG5VeXmuQvbuSBlM3mDZzJUsA9P9IIkvN7ORqJyzn8Sk4#success
Mizna’s Experimental Issue: Virtual Launch
Join Mizna in launching The Experimental Issue, guest-edited by Tarik Dobbs, with TWENTY ONE AUTHORS.
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."
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.
Gaza Poet Mosab Abu Toha, in conversation with Mary Karr
The Markaz Review and City Lights in conjunction with the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance celebrate the publication of Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza, by Mosab Abu Toha.
Radical Poetry Reading with Mona Kareem
Mona Kareem curates the Brooklyn Rail's 91st Radical Poetry Reading with Mirene Arsanios and Sara Elkamel.
Transnational Series: Zeina Hashem Beck with Carrie Fountain
Poet Zeina Hashem Beck discusses and celebrates the release of her new collection O with Carrie Fountain.
Zeina Hashem Beck at the Elliott Bay Book Company
Much-praised Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck makes this welcome visit by virtual means to read from her newly published third full-length collection, O (Penguin Poets).
9th Ave: Zeina Hashem Beck with Tongo Eisen-Martin
Zeina Hashem Beck will celebrate her collection, O, with Tongo Eisen-Martin in San Francisco and online.
Poetry Book Celebration! “You Can Be the Last Leaf” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
Maya Abu Al-Hayyat directs the Palestine Writing Workshop on the West Bank. She'll read poems & be in conversation with poet Deema Shehabi.
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