Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Progress Center and Fine Arts Building
1265 Snelling Ave N
St Paul, MN 55108
United States
This event is free and open to the public.
This special event will take place as part of the Twin Cities Book Festival. Maya Abu Al-hayyat will read poems in Arabic, with the English translations by Fady Joudah voiced by poet, novelist, and Mizna writing community member Yara Omer; a conversation between Maya and interdisciplinary poet Moheb Soliman (author of HOMES) will round out the event. Co-sponsored by Mizna!
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.
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.