In Person: Maya Abu Al-Hayyat and Fady Joudah appearing at The University of Houston

Conrad Hilton Ballroom, Hilton University of Houston
4450 University Drive
Houston, TX 77204
United States

This event is free and open to the public and will begin at 6:00 PM CST.

Please join the Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies on Wednesday, October 19 at 6:00 pm for “You Can Be the Last Leaf: An Evening with Maya Abu Al-Hayyat! This bi-lingual book reading and discussion will be held on Wednesday, October 19 at the Conrad Hilton Ballroom, Hilton University of Houston from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

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Fady Joudah

Fady Joudah is the author of […]. He has also published six collections of poems. He has translated several collections of poetry from the Arabic and is the co-editor and co-founder of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. He lives in Houston, with his wife and kids, where he practices internal medicine.

Maya Abu Al-Hayyat

Maya Abu Al-Hayyat is the director of the Palestine Writing Workshop, an institution that seeks to encourage reading in Palestinian communities through creative writing projects and storytelling with children and teachers.

Poetry

You Can Be the Last Leaf

Selected Poems
By
Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Translation

Translated from the Arabic and introduced by Fady Joudah, You Can Be the Last Leaf draws on two decades of work to present the transcendent and timely US debut of Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayyat.