#  Palestine Mapped Out: A Passport Story (talk in Arabic) 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 26, 2012** 

 05:00PM - 06:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **CGIS, South Bldg, Room S020, Belfer Case Study Room, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

CMES is pleased to present a talk in Arabic with

**Anton Shammas**  
Professor of Middle Eastern Literature, Departments of Comparative Literature and Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan; author and translator of English, Arabic, and Hebrew.A Palestinian writer and translator of English, Arabic and Hebrew, Anton Shammas has been affiliated with the University of Michigan since 1997, as a Professor of Middle Eastern Literature in the Departments of Comparative Literature and Near Eastern Studies. His essays and articles have been published in *Harper’s, The New York Review of Books*, and the *New York Times Magazine*. He is the author of three books of poems in Arabic and Hebrew, a play in Arabic, and a novel, *Arabesques*, published in Hebrew in 1986. Upon its publication in English by Harper & Row in 1988, *Arabesques* was chosen by the editors of *The New York Times Book Review* as one of the best seven fiction works of 1988. He is currently working on a book project - *Blind Spots and Other Essays on Translation.*

*This event is open to the public; no registration required.*

**Contact:** [Khaled Al-Masri](mailto:masri@fas.harvard.edu)



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Arabic Lecture Series ](/eventseries/arabic-lecture)
- [ Palestinian Territories ](/research-region/palestinian-territories)
- [ 2011-12 ](/academic-year/2011-12)
 
 

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