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International Poetry Reading at the Contemporary Art Platform - Moderated by Nada Faris
In May 2021, as Netanyahu's government was bombing Gaza, I approached the Contemporary Art Platform in Kuwait to sponsor a poetry event and invited a group of activist poets to answer two questions before sharing their works:
  • What does poetry mean to you, or why do you write poetry in this climate?
  • Which poet or book of poems did you read recently and recommend to others?
​The lineup featured Palestinian poets, a Kuwait-Bidoon activist, a Kuwaiti mental health activist, and a Kuwaiti environmental activist.

It was my attempt to share with the world my belief that resistance is intersectional and poetry can be healing.

The Lineup:
  • George Abraham
  • Mona Kareem
  • Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
  • Rewa Zeinati
  • Rawa Majdi
  • AJ Saleh
  • Carina Maceira
  • Farah Al-Wugayan

EXAMPLES OF TEACHING


‘Dreams Are Like Poems’: The Radical Healing Potential of Poetry

For: The Palestinian Children's Relief Fund (PCRF), Rutgers University Chapter. This piece attempts to answer the questions: 'What is poetry?' & 'Why does writing poetry matter?' An updated version has been published in The Operating System & Liminal Lab.
Does Literature Impact the World?

​For: Dr. Shahd Al-Shammari's poetry class at Gulf University for Science and Technology, December 28, 2021. In this lecture I attempt to answer the question "Does literature impact the world?" by looking at language, history, politics, and--among other examples--the human eye.

EXAMPLES OF READINGS


No Contact's Summer Poetry Contest, 2021

Reading: "Poem to be Read from Right to Left," finalist in No Contact's Summer Poetry Contest, 2021, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, 2021.
Bridgewater International Poetry Festival Fall 2020 Virtual Event

Reading: "Before the Morning After," (p.87) The Indianola Review (Volume 1, Winter 2015); "All Knowledge is Permissible," (p.72), & "Parachutes," (p.73), Nimrod Journal (Spring/Summer 2019: Voices of the Middle East and North Africa); "The Sky Where I Live Is Blue," (pp. 25-26), Fountain of Youth, Vine Leaves Press, 2016.

EXAMPLES OF SPEAKING​


#TEDxAlShuwaikh, 2017

“Perception is Only an Ink Stain Away” explains how keeping a journal for over a decade gave me a victim consciousness and provides the 3 tools I employed to become proactive.

Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre (JAAC), Kuwait. ​
#TEDxCanadianUniversityDubai, 2017

"The Beauty of Friendship" provides tools to help strengthen bonds between friends. 

​Canadian University Dubai, UAE.

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