Join us on Thursday, January 25th at 7pm PT when we celebrate the anthology We Call to the Eye & the Night: Love Poems by Writers of Arab Heritage at 9th Ave!
Featuring Arwa Alsamarae, Deema Shehabi, and editor Zeina Hashem Beck
Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/FGWQHHXISq0
About We Call to the Eye & the Night
This landmark anthology gathers together almost two-hundred vibrant English-language love poems by living writers of Arab descent.
We Call to the Eye and to the Night is an amalgam of eminent poets --Hayan Charara, Leila Chatti, Nathalie Handal, Fady Joudah, and Naomi Shihab Nye, among them--and those who have just begun to make their mark. These poets are descended from diverse countries and represent a breathtaking intersection of voices, experiences, and perspectives. Divided into whimsical sections (named for lines from poems they include), the anthology features an evocative array of erotic and romantic selections, as well as ones portraying love of family, friends, heritage, and homeland. Exquisitely curated and introduced by acclaimed authors Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck, We Call to the Eye and to the Night is at once sexy, sensuous, adventurous, and nostalgic--a treasury of love emanating from the Arab world and its diaspora.
About Arwa Alsamarae
Arwa Alsamarae is an ophthalmologist and writer living in the Bay Area. Her work has been published in MIZNA, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and Palette. She is co-founder of the Coffee and Script Collaborative, an online literary community of Arab writers.
About Deema K. Shehabi
Deema K. Shehabi is a poet and editor. Her first book, Thirteen Departures from the Moon, is published by Press 53. Deema's poems have been widely published in literary journals including The Kenyon Review, Literary Imagination, Pen America, The Poetry of Arab Women, So We Can Know, Letters to Palestine, and Inclined to Speak. She's also co-editor with Beau Beausoleil of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, for which she received NCBR's recognition award. She is also the winner of the Nazim Hikmet poetry prize in 2018 and a recipient of Best of the Net nomination in 2021 as well as several Pushcart prize nominations, and her work has been translated into Arabic, French, and Farsi. Deema is Palestinian, born and raised in Kuwait.
About Zeina Hashem Beck
Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. Her third poetry collection, titled O, was published by Penguin Books in July 2022 and named a Best Book 2022 by Lit Hub and The New York Public Library. Zeina's writing covers a variety of topics: home, estrangement, language, the body, love, motherhood, and faith, among others. Her poetry often exists at the intersection of the personal & the political, the divine & the profane. Educated in Arabic, English, and French, Zeina has a BA and an MA in English Literature from the American University of Beirut.
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Featuring Arwa Alsamarae, Deema Shehabi, and editor Zeina Hashem Beck
Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/FGWQHHXISq0
About We Call to the Eye & the Night
This landmark anthology gathers together almost two-hundred vibrant English-language love poems by living writers of Arab descent.
We Call to the Eye and to the Night is an amalgam of eminent poets --Hayan Charara, Leila Chatti, Nathalie Handal, Fady Joudah, and Naomi Shihab Nye, among them--and those who have just begun to make their mark. These poets are descended from diverse countries and represent a breathtaking intersection of voices, experiences, and perspectives. Divided into whimsical sections (named for lines from poems they include), the anthology features an evocative array of erotic and romantic selections, as well as ones portraying love of family, friends, heritage, and homeland. Exquisitely curated and introduced by acclaimed authors Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck, We Call to the Eye and to the Night is at once sexy, sensuous, adventurous, and nostalgic--a treasury of love emanating from the Arab world and its diaspora.
About Arwa Alsamarae
Arwa Alsamarae is an ophthalmologist and writer living in the Bay Area. Her work has been published in MIZNA, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and Palette. She is co-founder of the Coffee and Script Collaborative, an online literary community of Arab writers.
About Deema K. Shehabi
Deema K. Shehabi is a poet and editor. Her first book, Thirteen Departures from the Moon, is published by Press 53. Deema's poems have been widely published in literary journals including The Kenyon Review, Literary Imagination, Pen America, The Poetry of Arab Women, So We Can Know, Letters to Palestine, and Inclined to Speak. She's also co-editor with Beau Beausoleil of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, for which she received NCBR's recognition award. She is also the winner of the Nazim Hikmet poetry prize in 2018 and a recipient of Best of the Net nomination in 2021 as well as several Pushcart prize nominations, and her work has been translated into Arabic, French, and Farsi. Deema is Palestinian, born and raised in Kuwait.
About Zeina Hashem Beck
Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. Her third poetry collection, titled O, was published by Penguin Books in July 2022 and named a Best Book 2022 by Lit Hub and The New York Public Library. Zeina's writing covers a variety of topics: home, estrangement, language, the body, love, motherhood, and faith, among others. Her poetry often exists at the intersection of the personal & the political, the divine & the profane. Educated in Arabic, English, and French, Zeina has a BA and an MA in English Literature from the American University of Beirut.
Join us on Thursday, January 25th at 7pm PT when we celebrate the anthology We Call to the Eye & the Night: Love Poems by Writers of Arab Heritage at 9th Ave!
Featuring Arwa Alsamarae, Deema Shehabi, and editor Zeina Hashem Beck
Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/FGWQHHXISq0
About We Call to the Eye & the Night
This landmark anthology gathers together almost two-hundred vibrant English-language love poems by living writers of Arab descent.
We Call to the Eye and to the Night is an amalgam of eminent poets --Hayan Charara, Leila Chatti, Nathalie Handal, Fady Joudah, and Naomi Shihab Nye, among them--and those who have just begun to make their mark. These poets are descended from diverse countries and represent a breathtaking intersection of voices, experiences, and perspectives. Divided into whimsical sections (named for lines from poems they include), the anthology features an evocative array of erotic and romantic selections, as well as ones portraying love of family, friends, heritage, and homeland. Exquisitely curated and introduced by acclaimed authors Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck, We Call to the Eye and to the Night is at once sexy, sensuous, adventurous, and nostalgic--a treasury of love emanating from the Arab world and its diaspora.
About Arwa Alsamarae
Arwa Alsamarae is an ophthalmologist and writer living in the Bay Area. Her work has been published in MIZNA, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and Palette. She is co-founder of the Coffee and Script Collaborative, an online literary community of Arab writers.
About Deema K. Shehabi
Deema K. Shehabi is a poet and editor. Her first book, Thirteen Departures from the Moon, is published by Press 53. Deema's poems have been widely published in literary journals including The Kenyon Review, Literary Imagination, Pen America, The Poetry of Arab Women, So We Can Know, Letters to Palestine, and Inclined to Speak. She's also co-editor with Beau Beausoleil of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, for which she received NCBR's recognition award. She is also the winner of the Nazim Hikmet poetry prize in 2018 and a recipient of Best of the Net nomination in 2021 as well as several Pushcart prize nominations, and her work has been translated into Arabic, French, and Farsi. Deema is Palestinian, born and raised in Kuwait.
About Zeina Hashem Beck
Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. Her third poetry collection, titled O, was published by Penguin Books in July 2022 and named a Best Book 2022 by Lit Hub and The New York Public Library. Zeina's writing covers a variety of topics: home, estrangement, language, the body, love, motherhood, and faith, among others. Her poetry often exists at the intersection of the personal & the political, the divine & the profane. Educated in Arabic, English, and French, Zeina has a BA and an MA in English Literature from the American University of Beirut.
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Featuring Arwa Alsamarae, Deema Shehabi, and editor Zeina Hashem Beck
Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/FGWQHHXISq0
About We Call to the Eye & the Night
This landmark anthology gathers together almost two-hundred vibrant English-language love poems by living writers of Arab descent.
We Call to the Eye and to the Night is an amalgam of eminent poets --Hayan Charara, Leila Chatti, Nathalie Handal, Fady Joudah, and Naomi Shihab Nye, among them--and those who have just begun to make their mark. These poets are descended from diverse countries and represent a breathtaking intersection of voices, experiences, and perspectives. Divided into whimsical sections (named for lines from poems they include), the anthology features an evocative array of erotic and romantic selections, as well as ones portraying love of family, friends, heritage, and homeland. Exquisitely curated and introduced by acclaimed authors Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck, We Call to the Eye and to the Night is at once sexy, sensuous, adventurous, and nostalgic--a treasury of love emanating from the Arab world and its diaspora.
About Arwa Alsamarae
Arwa Alsamarae is an ophthalmologist and writer living in the Bay Area. Her work has been published in MIZNA, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and Palette. She is co-founder of the Coffee and Script Collaborative, an online literary community of Arab writers.
About Deema K. Shehabi
Deema K. Shehabi is a poet and editor. Her first book, Thirteen Departures from the Moon, is published by Press 53. Deema's poems have been widely published in literary journals including The Kenyon Review, Literary Imagination, Pen America, The Poetry of Arab Women, So We Can Know, Letters to Palestine, and Inclined to Speak. She's also co-editor with Beau Beausoleil of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, for which she received NCBR's recognition award. She is also the winner of the Nazim Hikmet poetry prize in 2018 and a recipient of Best of the Net nomination in 2021 as well as several Pushcart prize nominations, and her work has been translated into Arabic, French, and Farsi. Deema is Palestinian, born and raised in Kuwait.
About Zeina Hashem Beck
Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. Her third poetry collection, titled O, was published by Penguin Books in July 2022 and named a Best Book 2022 by Lit Hub and The New York Public Library. Zeina's writing covers a variety of topics: home, estrangement, language, the body, love, motherhood, and faith, among others. Her poetry often exists at the intersection of the personal & the political, the divine & the profane. Educated in Arabic, English, and French, Zeina has a BA and an MA in English Literature from the American University of Beirut.
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