Al-Bustan and Slought are pleased to present three Arab poets with new works published this Fall. The series explores the relationship between home and immigration and the role language plays in the immigrant experience. Join us in celebrating their new publications! Each event is from 6 to 7:30 PM, followed by light fare reception.
Ahmad Almallah, Bitter English Tuesday, September 17 Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Letters from the Interior Thursday, October 3 Nathalie Handal, Life in a Country Album Wednesday, October 30
An autobiography-in-verse that explores the role language plays in our identities. Almallah brings a fresh poetic voice to the American immigrant experience.
The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Voices the women’s role in being a protector of culture in contexts of trauma, war, and displacement.
Slought Gallery, 4017 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Speaks on borders and citizenship, hybrid identities and home, freedom and pleasure.
Slought Gallery, 4017 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Ahmad Almallah is a Philadelphia-based Palestinian poet and scholar, will be reading from his book Bitter English, an autobiography-in-verse that explores the role language plays in our identities. He brings a fresh poetic voice to the American immigrant experience.
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet, essayist, and translator based in Seattle. Her upcoming chapter book, Letters from the Interior, highlights the role of women as protectors of culture in contexts of trauma, war, and displacement.
Nathalie Handal is an author and professor at Columbia University. who draws on her diverse and multicultural background through out her work. Life in a Country Album speaks on borders and citizenship, hybrid identities and home, freedom and pleasure.
