Past Events

Theater for Empathy and Understanding in the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Scenes from Israeli, Palestinian and other Middle Eastern American Playwrights

A space for listening and empathy, this theater event will include scenes performed by UO students, staff and community members, as well as brief faculty commentary, with curated written questions from the audience.

An event for the UO community directed by Professor Malek Najjar.

Event Details:
  • Monday, November 27, 2023
  • 6:30 p.m.
  • EMU Redwood Room

This event is brought to you by the Division of Global Engagement. If your department or organization is interested in co-sponsoring this event, please contact Dennis Galvan.

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What the World's Silence Says: A Reading with Gazan Poet Yahya Ashour

Event Details:
  • Monday, February 26, 2024
  • 6:00 p.m.
  • EMU Redwood Room

Yahya Ashour (born 1998) is an award-winning author and touring poet from Gaza City. In 2022, he was an honorary fellow at the University of Iowa and in the past year has read poetry at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Minnesota. He has one poetry collection and one children’s book published in Arabic, and he contributed to several printed anthologies and online journals worldwide. His writings were translated into English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Finnish. He delivered several creative writing workshops for children and youth in Gaza.

Sponsored by Islamic Studies Initiative, housed within the Division of Global Engagement's Global Studies Institute. Organized under the shared principles for educational events in response to the Israel-Palestine conflict and in coordination with the group that developed the principles.

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