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What the World's Silence Says: A Reading with Gazan Yahya Ashour + local Palestinian poet Adonia Balqis
Yahya Ashour was born in Gaza City, on April 22nd, 1998. He's a touring poet and an award-winning author. He's a 2022 fellow in writing at the University of Iowa. He has one poetry collection and one children's book published in Arabic and has contributed to several printed anthologies and online journals worldwide. His writings were translated into English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Finnish. He has delivered several creative writing workshops for children and youth in Gaza. This event is sponsored by the OSU Department of African American and African Studies, OSU Department of Arts Administration, Education, and Policy, OSU Department of Comparative Studies, OSU Center for Ethnic Studies, OSU Department of Geography, OSU Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, OSU Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts, OSU Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Journal, Jewish Voice for Peace Central Ohio, Mizna