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February 2021
Artist Conversation: Helen Zughaib
Join us for a conversation with Helen Zughaib about her art, its influences and styles. More information and register in advance. This event is part of a series of webinars with award-winning and diaspora-bending artists, writers, poets, and musicians held in conjunction with Turath, a path-breaking virtual exhibit that maps the rich mosaic of early Arab American culture through music, literature, poetry, art, performance, and journalism. Sponsored by the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies. NC…
Find out more »March 2021
Poetry Reading: Safia Elhillo
You are cordially invited to an evening with Safia Elhillo, an award winning poet and author of Sudanese origin. Ms. Elhillo will do a reading of her poetry, and participate in conversation about her work. More information and register in advance. This event is part of a series of webinars with award-winning and diaspora-bending artists, writers, poets, and musicians held in conjunction with Turath, a path-breaking virtual exhibit that maps the rich mosaic of early Arab American culture…
Find out more »April 2021
Discussion with Author Rabih Alameddine
Please join us for a conversation with award winner Arab American writer, Rabih Alameddine, the author of I, the Divine (W.W. Norton), The Hakawati (A.A. Knopf), Koolaids, The Perv, An Unnecessary Woman, and The Angel of History (all Grove Atlantic). An Unnecessary Woman was a finalist for the National Book Award 2014 and the winner of the prestigious Prix Femina étranger, and The Angel of History won the Lambda Literary Award. Alameddine is the winner of the 2019 Dos Passos Prize. His next novel, The Wrong End of the Telescope, will be published…
Find out more »May 2021
Performance: Tarek Yamani
A recipient of many prestigious awards such as the Thelonious Monk Jazz Composers Competition, and the Baryshnikov Artist-in-Residence, Tarek Yamani explores the relationship between African American and classical Arabic music during this webinar with performance, conversation, and Q&A. More information and register in advance. This event is part of a series of webinars with award-winning and diaspora-bending artists, writers, poets, and musicians held in conjunction with Turath, a path-breaking virtual exhibit that maps the rich mosaic of early…
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