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107 followers · 350 posts · Server mstdn.partyAnother #Hekayah thread for #UAE #NationalDay.
#filipino #poet Danabelle Gutierrez, who grew up in Cairo, Vienna, and Muscat, and has been in #Dubai for 18 years, focuses a lot in her work on the thorny question of where is #home, especially for #thirdculturekids. She spoke to a #NYUAbuDhabi class called Real and Imagined: Women’s Writing Across Worlds.
#hekayah #uae #nationalday #filipino #poet #dubai #home #thirdculturekids #nyuabudhabi #3ck #nyuad #poetry #literature #performance
ActiveCultures · @activecultures
107 followers · 350 posts · Server mstdn.party
As part of tonight’s #UAE #NationalDay event #Hekayah | The Story at #NYUADArtsCenter, #Dubai based Egyptian chanter ZigZag Ghanim visited a@ #NYUAbuDhabi class on Modern #Arabic #Literature. Here’s a thread from the other space, including a few videos of his fusion approach of using #ClassicalArabic in a modern setting, including a poem by HH #MBR.
#uae #nationalday #hekayah #nyuadartscenter #dubai #nyuabudhabi #arabic #literature #classicalarabic #mbr