Al-Bustan Presents: Words from Home Poetry Series
Al-Bustan and Slought are pleased to present three Arab poets with new works published this Fall. The series explores the relationship between home and immigration and the role language plays in the immigrant experience. Join us in celebrating their new publications! Each event is from 6 to 7:30 PM, followed by light fare reception.
Ahmad Almallah, Bitter English
An autobiography-in-verse that explores the role language plays in our identities. Almallah brings a fresh poetic voice to the American immigrant experience.
Tuesday, September 17
The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Letters from the Interior
Voices the women’s role in being a protector of culture in contexts of trauma, war, and displacement.
Thursday, October 3
Slought Gallery, 4017 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Nathalie Handal, Life in a Country Album
Speaks on borders and citizenship, hybrid identities and home, freedom and pleasure.
Wednesday, October 30
Slought Gallery, 4017 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Ahmad Almallah
is a Philadelphia-based Palestinian poet and scholar, will be reading from his book Bitter English, an autobiography-in-verse that explores the role language plays in our identities. He brings a fresh poetic voice to the American immigrant experience.
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
is a poet, essayist, and translator based in Seattle. Her upcoming chapter book, Letters from the Interior, highlights the role of women as protectors of culture in contexts of trauma, war, and displacement.
Nathalie Handal
is an author and professor at Columbia University. who draws on her diverse and multicultural background through out her work. Life in a Country Album speaks on borders and citizenship, hybrid identities and home, freedom and pleasure.