Talk and poetry reading with Dr. Jonas Elbousty and the Syrian poet Wafai Laila
Event
Date: Tuesday 7 June 2022
Time: 14.00 – 17.00
Location: Asian Library, Kräftriket 21
Welcome to a talk and poetry reading in Arabic and English with Dr. Jonas Elbousty and the Syrian poet Wafai Laila.
Time: 14.00
Open talk on Mohamed Choukri: Tangier’s Storyteller, with Dr. Jonas Elbousty.
Time: 16.00
Poetry reading in Arabic and English, with Dr. Jonas Elbousty and Wafai Laila.
Dr. Jonas Elbousty is an academic at Yale University and a literary translator. His works have appeared in Sekka, Banipal, Michigan Quarterly Review, Arablit Quarterly, Asheville Poetry Review, Prospectus, Among others.
Wafai Laila is a Syrian poet who has published numerous poetry collections, and his work has been translated into English and Swedish.
All are welcome!
Last updated: June 7, 2022
Source: Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies