Events: 2021
Watch this space for upcoming readings, performances, and events...
8/7, 6pm – 7:30pm Gulf Standard Time: Giving a short lecture on docupoetics and leading a creative writing exercise to help students write documentary poetry. I made a 90-page personalized PDF packet that includes selected poems & writing prompts for this class. The event was hosted by Unootha magazine.
5/29, 11 am - 1 pm ET / 6-8 pm Kuwait Time: Hosting an international poetry reading at The Contemporary Art Platform. Our readers are: George Abraham, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Rewa Zeinati, Farah Al-Wugayan, Mona Kareem, Rawa Majdi, AJ Saleh, & Carina Maceira! The event is absolutely free, and will be streamed live on CAP's Youtube page. (Watch Video)
5/8, 10 pm, Kuwait Time: "Madness or Magic? A Brief History of Poetry." A lecture for Gulf University for Science and Technology's Mental Boost series on Clubhouse. (Watch Video)
3/30, 4-5 pm EST: A poetry workshop on personalizing the sonnet. In this workshop, we will utilize the form as a vehicle of expression and response to world events following Terrance Hayes's example in American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin.I made a 90-page personalized PDF packet that includes selected poems & writing prompts for this class. I am grateful for Columbia University's Center for Science and Society (Institute Initiative to Enhance Remote Learning and Teaching) for funding my honorarium, and for Shyanne Figueroa Bennett for applying to the grant and organizing the virtual visit. (Beginning Poetry Workshop, Columbia University, USA).
2/4, 9-10 pm EST: 'Dreams Are Like Poems': The Radical Healing Potential of Poetry. A poetry workshop. We will look at the way some activist-poets used dream poetry to help with adversity and healing. I made a 60-page personalized PDF packet that includes selected poems & writing prompts for this class. Palestinian Children Relief Fund (PCRF), Rutgers University Chapter, USA. Co-sponsors MFA - Muslim Feminists for the Arts, Arab Cultural Club (ACCC), United Muslim Relief (UMR), Unicef Rutgers Chapter, Bengali Student Association, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Lambda Theta Alpha (LTA), Sigma Lambda Gamma (Gammas), Pencils of Promise, Ahlul Bayt Student Association (ABSA), ALPFA Rutgers New Brunswick, Rutgers Thaakat, Rutgers GlobeMed, and Answer for Cancer. (Watch Video)
5/29, 11 am - 1 pm ET / 6-8 pm Kuwait Time: Hosting an international poetry reading at The Contemporary Art Platform. Our readers are: George Abraham, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Rewa Zeinati, Farah Al-Wugayan, Mona Kareem, Rawa Majdi, AJ Saleh, & Carina Maceira! The event is absolutely free, and will be streamed live on CAP's Youtube page. (Watch Video)
5/8, 10 pm, Kuwait Time: "Madness or Magic? A Brief History of Poetry." A lecture for Gulf University for Science and Technology's Mental Boost series on Clubhouse. (Watch Video)
3/30, 4-5 pm EST: A poetry workshop on personalizing the sonnet. In this workshop, we will utilize the form as a vehicle of expression and response to world events following Terrance Hayes's example in American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin.I made a 90-page personalized PDF packet that includes selected poems & writing prompts for this class. I am grateful for Columbia University's Center for Science and Society (Institute Initiative to Enhance Remote Learning and Teaching) for funding my honorarium, and for Shyanne Figueroa Bennett for applying to the grant and organizing the virtual visit. (Beginning Poetry Workshop, Columbia University, USA).
2/4, 9-10 pm EST: 'Dreams Are Like Poems': The Radical Healing Potential of Poetry. A poetry workshop. We will look at the way some activist-poets used dream poetry to help with adversity and healing. I made a 60-page personalized PDF packet that includes selected poems & writing prompts for this class. Palestinian Children Relief Fund (PCRF), Rutgers University Chapter, USA. Co-sponsors MFA - Muslim Feminists for the Arts, Arab Cultural Club (ACCC), United Muslim Relief (UMR), Unicef Rutgers Chapter, Bengali Student Association, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Lambda Theta Alpha (LTA), Sigma Lambda Gamma (Gammas), Pencils of Promise, Ahlul Bayt Student Association (ABSA), ALPFA Rutgers New Brunswick, Rutgers Thaakat, Rutgers GlobeMed, and Answer for Cancer. (Watch Video)
