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EDITOR'S
NOTE
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
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