The Brecht Forum

in association with CODEPINK & Alwan for the Arts

present

An evening of documentary film, music, poetry, personal narratives and discussion with:

FAWZIA AFZAL-KHAN - Prof. Eng. MSU, “Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out”

FAREED BITAR - Palestinian Poet, “Treasury of Arabic Love”, “Fatoosh”

MIRIAM COOKE - professor, Head of Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University

NAWAL EL SAADAWI - Egyptian novelist and poet, "Woman at Point Zero," "God Dies by the Nile"

KATHLEEN FOSTER - Progressive film maker, “Afghan Women: A History of Struggle”

REMI KANAZI - Palestinian poet/activist, editor of Poets For Palestine

BRUCE LAWRENCE - Nancy and Marcus Jeffrey Humanities Professor of Religion at Duke,

BRANT LYON - Poet/Musician

BARBARA NIMRI AZIZ - “Voices of the Arab/Muslim Community” WBAI radio

MICHAEL SCHWARTZ - Playwright/Poet, “Your Infidel Eyes”

ROGER SEDARAT - Iranian-American poet, Prof. Eng. Queens College, “From Tehran to Texas”

MIRIAM STANLEY - Poet/Publisher, “Get Over It!”

CARMELA TAL BARON - Israeli Poet, “Paradigm Shift”

Sliding scale: $6/$10/$15
Free for Brecht Forum Subscribers

Last updated: 2009-04-21 19:19:07