Ramzi Salti Moderates Arab America Event Celebrating Literature, Poetry, Art, and Music

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In celebration of Arab American Heritage Month (April 2021), Arab America recently held a monumental event titled "Celebrating Arab American Literature, Poetry, Arts, and Music" featuring 5 panelists whose work has much to inform any discourse that centers on Arab American culture(s), identity and history.

The lineup featured such writers/performers as Nathalie Handal, Heather Raffo and Dana Dajani in addition to acclaimed Syrian America calligrapher/artist Dr, Mamoun Sakkal and Iraqi-Jordanian violinist Layth Sidiq. The event was moderated by Stanford Lecurer/Arabology host Dr. Ramzi Salti and was organized by Dr. Amal David and Warren David of Arab America.

Read more about this event at this link.
Watch video of the whole event below below or at https://vimeo.com/539106216

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Watch video of event at https://vimeo.com/539106216

You can also watch Dr. Ramzi Salti's Intro below or at https://youtu.be/INkhGc0d8_4

Many to thanks to Arab America for this kind writeup about my participation in the event. Complete article available at this link.

ABOUT THE PANELISTS:

Nathalie Handal, Arab American (Palestinian), award-winning poet, writer, translator, and editor, professor of English and Creative Writing at Columbia University
Heather Raffo, Iraqi American, award-winning playwright, and actress whose work has been seen Off-Broadway, off West End, in regional theater, and in film.
Dana Dajani, Palestinian American, award-winning, author, poet, and actress who performs spoken-word poetry solo in theatrical style.
Dr. Mamoun Sakkal, Syrian American, award-winning calligrapher, artist, and designer of Arabic language typefaces, many of which are widely used as system fonts by Microsoft.
Layth Sidiq, Iraqi/Jordanian American, award-winning violinist, composer featured on Latin Grammy-nominated albums, lecturer of Arab music, director, Arab Music Ensemble, Tufts University. Watch my audiovisual interview with Layth at https://youtu.be/z9f-54LuMqM

SCREENSHOTS FROM EVENT
Watch video of event at https://vimeo.com/539106216