BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18770-f36bafbc973b8ff3be36f9f6fb2c48c6@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260507T195026Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T170000 SUMMARY:Writers from Palestine: A Day of Poetry, Performance Art, Movie Screenin g, and Conversation with the Artists DESCRIPTION:\nPart of the Writing in Displacement series of readings and conversations with creative writers from conflict zones\, this event br ings together three remarkable Palestinian voices for a full day of poet ry\, performance art\, film\, and conversation.\n\nFeatured artists:\n\n Fargo Nissim Tbakhi\, performance artist and poet\, author of Terror Cou nter (longlisted for the National Book Award)\nHind Shoufani\, Oscar-nom inated and BAFTA-winning filmmaker\, writer\, and poet\nSharif S. Elmusa \, scholar\, poet\, and co-editor of Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-Ame rican Poetry\n\nEveryone is invited to stay for a free lunch at noon\, f ollowed by a Lunch and Learn conversation with the artists. If you are i nterested in attending the Lunch and Learn\, please register before Apri l 1.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Creative Writing Program\; Dep artment of Applied Linguistics\; Department of Comparative Literature\; Department of English\; Department of History\; Center for Democratic De liberation\; Center for Global Studies\; Paul Robeson Cultural Center\; Edwin Erle Sparks Professorship in Applied Linguistics and Jewish Studie s\; Migration Studies Project\; and Penn State University Libraries.\n\n For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/writers-from-palestine / X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Part of the Wri ting in Displacement series of readings and conversations with creative writers from conflict zones, this event brings together three remarkable Palestinian voices for a full day of poetry, performance art, film, and conversation.

Featured artists:

Fargo Nissim T bakhi, performance artist and poet, author of Terror Counte r (longlisted for the National Book Award)
Hind Sho ufani, Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning filmmaker, writer, and poet
Sharif S. Elmusa, scholar, poet, and co-e ditor of Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-American Poetry

Everyone is invited to stay for a free lunch at noon, followed by a Lunch and Learn conversation with the artists. If you are inte rested in attending the Lunch and Learn, please register before A pril 1.

This event is co-s ponsored by the Creative Writing Program; Department of Applied Linguist ics; Department of Comparative Literature; Department of English; Depart ment of History; Center for Democratic Deliberation; Center for Global S tudies; Paul Robeson Cultural Center; Edwin Erle Sparks Professorship in Applied Linguistics and Jewish Studies; Migration Studies Project; and Penn State University Libraries.

For more details: https://ev ents.la.psu.edu/event/writers-from-palestine/