[Peacectr_list] Iraq-born Sinan Antoon at UM April 3 & 4

[Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine]

From: "Douglas Allen" <Douglas_Allen at umit.maine.edu>



Dr. Sinan Antoon will be visiting UMaine on April 
3-4. His three major activities are listed below. 
I have also included a short bio. This should be 
a very special event. Please announce to class, 
spread the word, and attend activities if you are
interested.


 
		The Maine Peace Action Committee 
Presents:
Special Guest Lecturer Dr. Sinan Antoon

Dr. Sinan Antoon, is an Iraqi-born poet, 
novelist, and translator. He studied English 
literature at Baghdad University before moving to 
the United States after the 1991 Gulf War.  He 
received his Ph.D. from Harvard and is currently 
an assistant
professor at New York University with 
specialization in pre-modern Arab-Islamic culture 
and contemporary Arab culture and politics. He is 
a widely published poet and essayist.

Thursday, April 3 - Lecture
12:30 p.m.   Bangor Room, Memorial Union (Part of 
the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series)
"The Destruction of the Modern State of Iraq"

7:00 p.m.  140 Little Hall - Lecture
"Debris and Diaspora: Iraqi Culture Today"

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Friday, April 4   - FILM
7:00 p.m.  140 Little Hall
Dr. Antoon will show his widely-acclaimed film About Baghdad

About Baghdad is a documentary about an exiled 
Iraqi poets’ return home to witness the effects 
of war, sanctions and occupation. Dr. Antoon 
takes us on a journey exploring what Iraqis think 
and feel about the post-war situation and the 
complex
relationship between the US and Iraq.


[ 
http://www.aboutbaghdad.com/pages/Kids%20in%20al-Sadr%20City.html 
][ Kids%20in%20Jameela.jpg ]  			[ 
Micronesian%20Soldier%20at%20al-Sinak%20Communication%20Center.jpg 
]

*** All Events Are FREE And Open To The Public ***
Sponsored by MPAC, with funding made
possible from the University of Maine Student Government & Programming Funding

Sinan Antoon

	Sinan Antoon is an Iraqi-born poet, 
novelist, and translator. He studied English 
literature at Baghdad University before moving to 
the United States after the 1991 Gulf War. He did 
his graduate studies at Georgetown and Harvard 
where he earned a
doctorate in Arabic literature. His poems and 
essays (in Arabic and English) have appeared in 
various journals and publications in the Arab 
world, including as-Safir, an-Nahar, al-Adab, and 
Masharef, as well as The Nation, Middle East 
Report,
al-Ahram Weekly, Banipal and the Journal of 
Palestine Studies. He has published a collection 
of poems, (A Prism; Wet with Wars, Cairo 2003). A 
translation of his poems appeared in English in 
May 2007 by Harbor Mountain Press entitled “The 
Baghdad
Blues.” His debut novel I`jam: An Iraqi Rhapsody 
(published in Arabic in Beirut in 2003) was 
translated and published in English in May, 2007 
by City Lights Books. It was chosen by Kirkus 
Reviews for its special edition on debut fiction 
“2007: New
and Important Voices.” His poetry was 
anthologized in Iraqi Poetry Today. He has also 
contributed numerous translations of Arabic 
poetry into English. His co-translation of Mahmud 
Darwish’s poetry was nominated for the PEN Prize 
for translation in
2004.
	Antoon returned to his native Baghdad in 
2003 as a member of InCounter Productions to 
co-direct/produce a documentary “About Baghdad” 
about the lives of Iraqis in a post-Saddam 
occupied Iraq. He is a senior editor with the 
Arab Studies Journal, a
member of Pen America, a contributing editor to 
Banipal and a member of the editorial committee 
of Middle East Report. Antoon is currently an 
Assistant Professor at New York University.






Douglas Allen
Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
The Maples
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469 USA

tel. 207-581-3860
fax 207-581-2928
e-mail: douglas.allen at umit.maine.edu  or  dallen at maine.edu
web site: www.umit.maine.edu/~douglas.allen/

-- 
The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine
170 Park Street
Bangor ME 04401
(207) 942-9343
fax 992-2288
email: info at peacectr.org
check our website:  <http://www.peacectr.org/>www.peacectr.org