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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/poetry-talk-enemy-of-the-sun-with-e
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SUMMARY:Poetry Talk: Enemy of the Sun with Edmund Ghareeb
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nEdmund Ghareeb and Samar Najia discuss Enemy of the Sun a
 nd the enduring power of Palestinian resistance poetry\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Je
 rusalem Fund for Education and Community Development is pleased to host a 
 special conversation on Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistanc
 e\, the landmark anthology edited by Edmund Ghareeb and the late Naseer Ar
 uri.\n\nFirst published in 1970 and newly reissued\, Enemy of the Sun br
 ought Palestinian resistance poetry into English for a wider audience at a
  crucial historical moment. More than half a century later\, the anthology
  speaks with renewed urgency. Its poems bear witness to dispossession\, ex
 ile\, endurance\, and the struggle to preserve both language and memory un
 der conditions oferasure. This event will explore the anthology not only a
 s a literary collection\, but also as a document of political and cultural
  history.\n\nThe conversation will reflect on the place of poetry in Pales
 tinian public life\, the work of translation\, and the enduring power ofli
 terature to travel across generations and across struggles. It will also c
 onsider the wider histories of solidarity that shaped thebook’s circulat
 ion\, including its connections to Black political and intellectual life i
 n the United States.Dr. Edmund Ghareeb will speak about the making and aft
 erlife of the anthology\, its historical context\, and the significance of
 bringing it back into circulation today. He will be joined by Samar Najia\
 , Palestinian American poet and writer\, whose work on memory\, diaspora\,
  and inheritance opens a compelling path into the continued life of Palest
 inian poetry in the present.\n\nThe evening will include readings from sel
 ected poems\, followed by a conversation and audience Q&amp\;A. Join us fo
 r a timely discussion on poetry\, translation\, resistance\, and the ways 
 Palestinian cultural expression continues to illuminate both history and t
 he present.\n\n\n
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