Arab American Heritage Month Celebration
- Event Type
- Conference/Workshop
- Sponsor
- Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- Location
- Morning: Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building Afternoon: Illini Union Bookstore Author’s Corner, 2nd floor
- Date
- Apr 5, 2024 9:00 am 4:45
- Speaker
- Dr. Akram Khater, Dr.Theri Peckins, Dr. Mohja Kahf, Dr. Susan Darraj & Dr. Nouri Gana.
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- Originating Calendar
- Creative Writing Upcoming Events
Morning Session
Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building
9:00-10:00 AM
Akram Khater, North Carolina SU
“We Have Always Belonged: History of Early Arab Americans”
10:15-11:15 AM
Therí A. Pickens, Bates C
“The Tale of the 1002nd Night: The Noble Lineage of Arab American Speculative Fiction”
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Nouri Gana, UCLA
“Orientalism and Self-Critique”
Afternoon Session
Illini Union Bookstore
Author’s Corner, 2nd floor
2:30-3:30 PM
Mohja Kahf, U of Arkansas
Reading from: Hagar Poems
3:45-4:45 PM
Susan Muaddi Darraj, Johns Hopkins U & Harford CC
Reading from: Behind You Is the Sea