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Translating from the Arabic: Iman Humaydan (author) & Michelle Hartman (translator) in conversation with Luke Leafgren

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The Mahindra Rethinking Translation Seminar presents a conversation with Iman Humaydan, author, and Michele Hartman, translator, of Songs for Darkness, an epic novel that intertwines a narration focused on four generations of Lebanese women’s lives with...

The Other Side of Hollywood

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CMES, Hayalhane-i Osmani, and The US Karagoz Theatre Company present "The Other Side of Hollywood: A 1,000 Year Old Epic Based on the Book of Dede Korkut" A solo shadow puppet performance of Ayhan Hulagu. The Other Side of Hollywood is a free adaptation...

The First Poetic Sīrah in the Context of the Relationship Between Literature and History: Muhammad Wali’s Sīrat al-Nabī

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Aygün Uzunöz Research Assistant (Dr.) in the Department of Islamic History and Arts at Ankara Yildırim Beyazit University; Visiting Scholar at CMES. Uzunoz’s research focuses on early Islamic historiography...

Reading an Alevi Ritual Manual In Early Republican Turkey: ‘Ayn-i Erkân Risâlesi

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Yasemin Karakuş Assistant Professor in the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at Istanbul University, specializing in Ottoman Literature; Visiting Scholar, CMES. Karakuş' research focuses on...

The Future as Memorial: Commemorating Hrant Dink

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The Friends of Hrant DInk are pleased to present the Annual Hrant Dink Memorial Lecture with Delal Dink Director of the Hrant Dink Foundation in Istanbul, Turkey On the 19th anniversary of Hrant Dink's assassination, his daughter Delal Dink reflects on...

POSTPONED: The Future as Memorial: Commemorating Hrant Dink

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>>This event has been postponed due to inclement weather. It will be re-scheduled.<< >> This event has been rescheduled to Feb 12: https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/future-memorial-commemorating-hrant-… .<< The Friends of Hrant DInk are pleased to...

Yasemin Karakus

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Yasemin Karakuş is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at Istanbul University, specializing in Old Turkish Literature. Her research focuses on classical Ottoman poetry and prose, cultural history, and the...

Lina Chawaf

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With a career spanning over three decades to give voice to voiceless especially women, I’ve had the privilege of working across TV, radio, and print media since 1992. I’ve created hundreds of TV commercials and numerous clips for UNICEF, and I’ve been...

Ezra Pound Amid Turkey’s Culture Wars: The Reception of 'The Cantos' in Contemporary Turkish Poetry

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Efe Murat Balıkçıoğlu Assistant Professor/Ricercatore, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, and Associate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University Abstract: This lecture examines the reception of...

"Hot Maroc": From Arabic to English: Yassin Adnan (author) and Alexander Elinson (translator) in discussion

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The Mahindra Humanities Center and the Department of Comparative Literature present Yassin Adnan (author) and Alex Elinson (translator, CUNY) discuss Hot Maroc, Adnan’s novelistic portrait of the challenges Moroccans, young and old face today. Moderator...