Talk and poetry reading 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!