First Panel
Chair: Nouri Gana, UCLA
10:30 am – 1:00 pm
Terri DeYoung, University of Washington
Tradition and Engagement: The Language of Exile in Mahmoud Darwish’s Poetry
Sinan Antoon, New York University
Before the Ruins: When Mahmoud Darwish met Walter Benjamin
Tamim Al-Barghouti, Georgetown University
Mahmoud and his Fathers: Classicism, Colonialism, and Modernity in the Work of Mahmoud Darwish
Second Panel
Chair: Terri DeYoung, University of Washington
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Jeffrey Sacks, UC Riverside
Untranslatability
Fady Joudah
A Tribute to Mahmoud Darwish’s Lyric Epic
Poetry Recitations
Chair: Susan Slyomovics, UCLA
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Abeer Mohamed, UCLA
Fady Joudah
Jeffrey Sacks, UC Riverside
Sinan Antoon, New York University
Tamim Al-Barghouti, Georgetown University
Cost : Free and open to the public
Amy Bruinooge, Center for Near Eastern Studies
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Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies