Refuge in Words May 22, 2009

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The Palestine Film Foundation, English PEN and the Poetry Translation Centre invite you to join us for an evening of poetry and short fiction from Palestine celebrating the publication of new work in translation from Gaza commissioned by the English PEN World Atlas. Faten al-Gharra will share her erotic, meditative, vivid poems and Khaled Abedallah will read his bold new poetry; their translations will be read by Sarah Maguire. Atef Abu Seif and Khaled Juma'a will present their work via video from Gaza, while Michael Rosen, our MC, will read his translations of Juma'a's resonant lyrics, including new work from 2009. Also via video, John Berger reads Ghassan Kanafani's classic "Letter from Gaza". And there will be a chance to talk to the writers about their work and life in Gaza.


Organized by The Poetry Translation Centre

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Ticket Info:  General admission, Free

Official Website: http://poetrytranslationcentre-upcoming.eventbrite.com