A Boat from Gaza: Poetry Reading with Yahya Ashour
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- Virtual
- Join online
- Date
- Oct 17, 2023 12:00 pm
- Registration
- Zoom Registration
- Contact
- CSAMES
- csames@illinois.edu
- Views
- 47
Yahya Ashour was born in 1998 in Gaza, Palestine. He writes poetry and children's books in Arabic and English. He spoke and read poetry in several American universities and organizations. He studied sociology and psychology and worked at several organizations in Gaza as a creative writing mentor for children and young adults.