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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/grieving-gaza-through-writing-a-wor
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SUMMARY:Grieving Gaza through Writing: A Workshop
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: As the worst slaughter in Palestinian his
 tory ensues\, we often feel a crushing pressure to write solely to dismant
 le Zionist lies. There's an overwhelming urgency to use our art to refute\
 , represent\, or effect material change. Or\, we’re too daunted to even 
 begin writing–for we feel incompetent in our ability to represent an ent
 ire cause. But what’s often dismissed is the need to just let ourselves 
 grieve–to write honest\, mundane reflections on everyday life as we resi
 st in the US\; as students\, workers\, organizers\, and/or Palestinians in
  diaspora. By erasing these rounded\, human stories\, we allow Zionists to
  colonize our grief\, too.\n\nJoin us for a writing workshop on channeling
  our grief into the written word\, and doing so with authenticity and huma
 nity. Bring a writing device. Open to all\; Palestinian\, Jewish\, and BIP
 OC folks especially encouraged.\n\n----\n\nFACILITATOR BIO: Sana Wazwaz is
  a Palestinian-American writer\, performer\, and organizer. As a writer\, 
 she was a member of New Arab American Theater Works' Inaugural Playwright 
 Incubator Program\, where her debut play\, Birthright Palestine was perfor
 med in a staged reading in April 2023. Her work has been published in the 
 Ghassan Kanafani Arts Anthology\, Common Dreams\, The LA Progressive\, and
  is forthcoming in Water~Stone Review. As an organizer\, Sana currently se
 rves as the president of American Muslims for Palestine Minnesota (AMP-MN)
 . Sana holds a BA in Creative Writing from Augsburg University and is curr
 ently the Production and Administrative Assistant at New Arab American The
 ater Works.
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