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:36420@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260709T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260709T203000 DTSTAMP:20260616T200152Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/book-launch-poetry-reading-signing- samar-najias-yamma-yaba-oh-mother/ SUMMARY:Book Launch\, Poetry Reading & Signing: Samar Najia’s Yamma\, Yab a: Oh Mother DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nJerusalem Fund Washington\, DC\n\nJoin Samar Najia for a book launch\, poetry reading\, and signing of Yamma\, Yaba\, her new colle ction on the ongoing Nakba.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Jerusalem Fund invites you to a book launch\, poetry reading\, and signing with Palestinian American po et Samar Najia for her new collection\, Yamma\, Yaba: Oh Mother\, Oh Fa ther.Written as testimony to the ongoing Nakba in Palestine\, Yamma\, Yab a gives voice to survival\, inconsolable grief\, and justified rage.\n\nT hese poems carry the cries of Palestinians calling for their mothers\, fat hers\, children\, homes\, and families in their bleakest hours. In doing s o\, the collection bears witness to the destruction of home and heritage\, and to the attempted rupture of the Palestinian family\, one of the most sacred pillars of social life\, memory\, and belonging.\n\nThe evening wil l include readings from the collection\, a conversation with Samar Najia a bout poetry\, family\, grief\, and Palestinian testimony\, and an audience Q&\;A. Copies of Yamma\, Yaba will be available for purchase\, and t he author will sign books following the program.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/06/image-2026-06-16T125221.327.webp CATEGORIES:Arab American,Community,culture LOCATION:The Jerusalem Fund\, 2425 Virginia Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, Unit ed States GEO:38.8988618;-77.0525414 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2425 Virginia Ave NW\, Wash ington\, DC\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Jerusalem Fund: geo:38.8988618,-77.0525414 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR