Events

Events 2017/18

 

DUNYA MIKHAIL
will present and share from her new book
"The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq" (2018)

Wednesday, April 11, 2018
4:30 PM
College Hall 224
Bryn Mawr College

(Reception, book sale and book signing will follow the lecture in the London Room, College Hall.)

Dunya Mikhail was born in Iraq in 1965 and was forced to flee in the wake of the first Gulf War when her writings attracted the attention of The Iraqi authorities. Renowned for her subversive, innovative, and satirical poetry, Mikhail speaks about her experiences growing up in a war-torn country, sleeping on the roof of her family’s home during the sweltering summers until the air raid sirens sounded, and losing her father, not to violence but to the lack of adequate medical care.

Published by New Directions, Mikhail’s newest book, The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq (2018) is a nonfiction account of the capture and enslavement of young girls and women by ISIS who are rescued by an unlikely hero: a beekeeper, who uses his knowledge of the local terrain, along with a wide network of transporters, to bring these women, one by one, through the war-torn landscapes of Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, back into safety. She is the author of two poetry collections The Iraqi Nights (2014) and The War Works Hard (2005), shortlisted for the Griffin Prize and named one of Twenty-Five Books to Remember from 2005 by the New York Public Library; and the memoir Diary of A Wave Outside the Sea (2009) which won the 2010 Arab American Book Award. She also edited a pamphlet of Iraqi poetry titled 15 Iraqi Poets.

Co-sponsored by BRYN MAWR COLLEGE’s  Middle Eastern Studies Program, the Office of the Provost, the Museum Studies Program, the Center for Visual Culture, LILAC, the Office of Civic Engagement, the Department of History of Art, the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, the Department of Political Science, the Program in Film Studies, the Bi-College Arabic Program; and by HAVERFORD COLLEGE’s Center for Peace and Global Citizenship and the Distinguished Visitors Program.

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"Poems and Reflections on Her Inspiration"
a talk by

Dunya Mikhail
Iraqi American Poet, Writer, and Lecturer

Tuesday, April 10, 2018
4:30 PM
Chase Auditorium
Haverford College

Tea at 4:15 p.m. 

Sponsored by Haverford College's Distinguished Visitors Program.

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Drumming Workshop with Joe Tayoun

Sunday, November 19, 2018
3:00 pm
Stokes 102-Haverford College

Joe Tayoun started playing at the early age of eight at his family’s renowned Middle East Restaurant in Philadelphia where live, authentic Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Armenian, Greek, and Israeli music and dance were performed nightly for over forty years. Learning from the area’s top Middle Eastern musicians, Joe became adept at the many styles of drumming within these different ethnicities. He performs with various Middle Eastern and World Music ensembles locally, regionally, and internationally, as well as conducting workshops and master classes at schools and universities. He has been the recipient of several noteworthy grants from such organizations including the: NEA, PCA, PAEP, and the State Department. He currently performs with M’Oud Swing, an original, progressive World Jazz Ensemble, and Barakka, an original Turkish World Rock group. 

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Events 2016/17

Arabic Calligraphy Demonstration by Haji Noor Deen Mi Guang

Jiang Mi Guang Jiang is a master of Arabic calligraphy.  Born in China, he brings traditional thought and Islamic art to a modern audience, juxtaposing them in a calligraphic style both Eastern and Western.

 

Thursday, March 30, 2017
6:00 - 8:00 pm - Thomas Hall 224

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