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A Night of Poetry: Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here!

Event Type
Performance
Sponsor
Center for African Studies, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and Krannert Art Museum
Location
Krannert Art Museum, Lower Level, Hood Classroom, 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, Illinois 61820 and on Zoom
Date
Mar 3, 2022   4:00 - 6:00 pm  
Contact
Krannert Art Museum
E-Mail
kam-info@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Campus Humanities Calendar

Join us for this poetry hybrid event as part of Reckless Law, Shameless Order: An Intimate Experience of Incarceration. On March 5, 2007, two car bombs exploded on Al Mutanabbi Street, killing twenty-six people and wounding over one-hundred. In 2012, an anthology of writing in response to the attack, Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, was published. Public readings from Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here have been held around the world in early March since that event. To attend the virtual event, delivered via Zoom, registration is required. (link in website) If you have questions or would like to request an accessibility accommodation, please email kamaccessibility@illinois.edu

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