Filling the Head: Listening to Rap in Arabic
In this ethnography, El Zein listens to the experiences of rappers and their audiences in Amman, Beirut, and Ramallah as they search for ways to engage the political beyond … Read More
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Book Talk: Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War
Dana Room, Dana LibraryJoin us for a conversation about Dr. Amir Moosavi’s recently published book Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War. The book is the first comparative study of Arabic … Read More
BEFORE & AFTER: Four Vignettes of Palestinian Art History Spanning the Nakba
Smith Hall 241The Nakba of 1948 is often narrativized as a massive break in Palestinian cultural production. In this presentation, Drs. Ari and Amin will bring nuance to this idea through comparative studies of art made before and after the historical catastrophe. How did iconographies of Palestinian nationalism change over the course of the century? What shifting pressures did … Read More