In August the Saudi-American Forum presented a poem, "The Ambush," by Saudi Arabian poetess Nimah Ismail Nawwab.  On the occasion of publication of her book "The Unfurling" in December we were pleased to feature an interview with the author. 

Ms. Nawwab is conducting a book tour in the Washington area in the coming week and will conduct readings and signings at the venues mentioned below.

Center for Global Peace
American University - Washington, D C
in cooperation with
AU’s Arab Studies Program & Women’s and Gender Studies
invites you to a
Presentation and Poetry reading by
Nimah Ismail Nawwab
providing her reflections on
MUSLIM WOMEN VOICES
and reading excerpts from

A new poetry volume by Nimah Ismail Nawwab, a Saudi woman, living deeply rooted in the Arab world, possessing the widest possible horizon of education and travel, writing in literary English and expressing a highly individualized consciousness that is both Arab and cosmopolitan, both Islamic and liberally humanist. “Her voice speaks to the truths in all our lives regardless of nationality. It is a voice advocating justice, compassion and a basic respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere."

Monday, February 14th
12:00 – 1:00 pm
School of International Service, Lounge (1st floor)
PARKING: Available in Nebraska lot, intersection with New Mexico Ave., NW – purchase parking sticker at the lot
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  ALL ARE WELCOME

CENTER FOR GLOBAL PEACE
www.american.edu/cpg
salima@american.edu
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016-8123
Phone: 202-885-5988

The Center for World Religions,
Diplomacy & Conflict Resolution
at
The Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
George Mason University
announces a special brown bag in February!
Join us for a presentation on
Women, the Arts, and Islam
in Saudi Arabia
by
Nimah Ismail Nawwab
Saudi Poet
Wednesday, February 16th, 2005
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
3330 Washington Boulevard (Truland Building)
5th Floor, Room 555
Arlington, VA 22201
Ms. Nawwab will be introduced by
CRDC Advisory Board Member Joseph Montville.

As seating is limited, please RSVP by email to crdc@gmu.edu. Attendees are urged to bring a bag lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided.

Nimah Ismail Nawwab, a Saudi poet descended from a long line of Makkan scholars, is an English writer and poet and photographer. Author of The Unfurling, the first collection of poems by a Saudi woman poet to be published in the United States. Her poems on women, freedom, Arabian society and the younger generation of Saudis interspersed with universal themes of love, loss and simple joy are published online and in print. Copies of Ms. Nawwab’s books of poetry will be available for purchase.

Book Reading

February 17, 2005 - 12:30 pm  Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 555 12th Street, NW, Washington, DC