BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:36215@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T160000 DTSTAMP:20260421T142851Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/an-ode-to-you-a-literary-reading-wi th-new-york-based-sudanese-writers/ SUMMARY:An Ode To You: A Literary Reading with New York-based Sudanese writ ers DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nNEW YORK\, NY\n\nJoin us for an afternoon of readings wit h four New York-based Sudanese voices.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaad Sharfi is a poet and immigrant-rights advocate from Chicago\, by way of Sudan. She earned a BA in economics and another in ethnicity\, race and migration from Yale University. She is an alum of Winter Tangerine and Cave Canem workshops an d won a Rad(ical) Poetry Consortium fellowship in 2020. Her work has been featured in the 20.35 Africa anthology\, Sawti\, the Drinking Gourd\,  PANK and elsewhere. Currently\, she lives in Brooklyn and is pursuing h er JD at NYU Law\, where you'll often find her daydreaming in class about the endless possibilities of language.\n\nDalia Elhassan is a Sudanese-Am erican poet and writer based in NYC. She is the author of In Half Light\, a chapbook in the New-Generation African Poets Series (Sita) published in collaboration with Akashic Books and the African Poetry Book Fund. Her wo rk is featured in a number of publications\, including The Kenyon Review\, The Oakland Arts Review\, and Rattle #59. She is the recipient of the Haj ja Razia Sharif Sheikh Prize for nonfiction and was shortlisted for the 20 18 Brunel International African Poetry Prize.\n\nMayada Ibrahim is a lite rary translator\, editor\, and writer based in Queens\, New York\, with ro ots in Khartoum and London\, working between Arabic and English. Her trans lations have received the inaugural PEN Presents x International Booker Pr ize grant and the English PEN Translates Award\, and she has been awarded the MacDowell Fellowship. Her work has appeared in Dolce Stil Criollo\, Th e Common\, Words Without Borders\, A Perfect Vacuum\, and Willows House in South Sudan. She is the managing editor at 52 Walker\, a David Zwirner ga llery. Previously\, she worked with Tilted Axis Press and Bloomsbury Publi shing (BQFP).\n\nMohammed Zenia is a Sudanese/Eritrean poet. They are the author of Tel Aviv\, James Baldwin’s Lungs in the 80s and Black Bed ouin. Their work has appeared in e-flux\, the Poetry Project and 240 magaz ine\, among other publications.\n\n___\n\nMohammad Omer Khalil: Common Gro und is a focused survey of work by the New York-based Sudanese artist and master printmaker Mohammed Omer Khalil (b.1936). The exhibition presents a selection of his paintings and printed works spanning six decades\, empl oying collage and offering tribute to the scenes\, sounds and syntax influ ential to Khalil’s visual language.\n\nThe multi-venue exhibition is cur ated by Amina Ahmed and Jenna Hamed in partnership with the Robert Blackbu rn Printmaking Workshop\, in addition to partners at Twelve Gates Arts\, P hiladelphia\; Arab American National Museum\, Dearborn\; Maqam Studio\, Br ooklyn\; Jay Seven Inc\, Brooklyn.\n\nAbout EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaki ng Workshop\n\nIncorporated in 1992\, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Ar ts (EFA) is dedicated to providing artists across all disciplines with sp ace\, tools\, and a cooperative forum for the development of individual pr actice. After awarding 107 grants in its early years\, EFA transformed its impact in 1998 by acquiring a twelve-story building in Midtown Manhattan\ , creating a permanent hub for long-term artist support\, collaboration\, and innovation.\n\nFounded in 1947 by visionary artist and master printer Robert Blackburn\, the Printmaking Workshop is the longest-running communi ty print shop in the United States. Celebrated for its spirit of collabora tion and inclusivity\, the workshop has long served as a creative haven fo r artists of all backgrounds\, fostering technical innovation and aestheti c exploration in printmaking. In 2002\, Blackburn ensured the continuity o f this legacy by relocating the workshop to the EFA\, where it now operate s as the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (RBPMW). Today\, RBPMW co ntinues Blackburn’s mission by providing an accessible and affordable st udio environment that supports both traditional and contemporary printmaki ng techniques\, and stewards the Robert Blackburn Print Collection.\n\nLea rn more about the organization at: www.efanyc.org | www.rbpmw-efanyc.or g\n\nDetail of Verso Del Coran\,1966 \, Mohammad Omer Khalil\n\nCourtesy o f the artist.\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-ode-to-you-a-literary-rea ding-with-new-york-based-sudanese-writers-tickets-1984337986334?aff=ebdssb destsearch\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-21-at-10.25.32-AM.png LOCATION:EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop\, 323 West 39th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States GEO:40.756163;-73.992415 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=323 West 39th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=EFA Robert Bl ackburn Printmaking Workshop:geo:40.756163,-73.992415 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR