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Elmaz Abinader
writer, poet, performer www.elmazabinader.com

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Articulation: VONA/Voices Faculty Reading

Jun.16.2011

Articulation: VONA/Voices Faculty Reading

ARTiculations: VONA/VOICES Faculty Reading
Thursday, June 23 7:00p
at Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA
The VONA/Voices Writing Workshops for Writers of Color showcases its stellar faculty in the literary event of the year. Nine world-renowned authors share the stage for one night only. Do not miss out on hearing Faith Adiele, Elmaz Abinader, Staceyann Chin, Junot Diaz, Ruth Forman, M.Evelina Galang, David Mura, ZZ Packer and Willie Perdomo share their work

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PUBLISHED: May.30.1999

In the Country of My Dreams...

Khaled Mattawa"Elmaz Abinader's In the Country of My Dreams redeems the achievements of a century that has struggled long and hard with tolerance and inclusion. Daughter of immigrants from Lebanon, she sings of their birthplace that she too claims as her own, and of the American landscape she reverently loves and calls home. I salute the arrival of these poems and their author...

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Flavor of Home--Blessings/Good Housekeeping Magazine July 2008

Flavor of Home is in the Blessings Section of July 2008 Good Housekeeping, the End Page. The except from my upcoming memoir Country of Origin, the story is about 3 Arab sisters living in a small Appalachian town in the 60's

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PUBLISHED:

Children of the Roojme, A Family's Journey from Lebanon

Ms. Abinader has written a slice of history that teaches all ofus how a family's desperate fights for survival wins out over thehorrific clashes of clutures. Her book made me realize that what I thought I knew about the Middle East was simplistic. The complexities of race, religion, and geography are rooted in each family's struggle. No better family than this could teach us this...

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Elmaz's Latest Blogs

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Feb.07.2013 - 4:36 am

I'm Wide Awake

I became a writer in the middle of the night. Waking suddenly at two am, nothing particularly stirring in my brain or mounting on the list of things to do, I found myself in...

Jan.12.2013 - 6:35 pm

Birth of Philosophy

The BART train climbed out of the Lake Merritt station toward Fruitvale. Along this route, we see the place where the city stashes its stuff—tires and palates, barrels and...

Dec.02.2012 - 1:18 pm

Inviting the Narrative

Telling the Story: Invitation I A dear friend, Tony K, gave me a Tarot reading on Friday night. He asked me if I wanted the reading to be one of “letting go” or one...

Oct.02.2012 - 1:22 pm

The Return of the Gaze

The Return of the Gaze We witnessed the moment. Big enough to change us, at least make us stop and wonder. My mother’s strong body had changed, her once tough spine,...

Comments from Elmaz

Jun.11.2009 - 2:29 pm

In response to: Oud, Electric Bass, Algerian Vocals

Thanks so much

For the music...what a gift. And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love, you make (paul mc cartney) Elmaz...

May.31.2009 - 10:47 pm

In response to: Falling in and Out of Love with my writing

your note

thanks, you're kind. Unfortunately or fortunately, there will be more, passages to dump here--in the trenches :) ...

Mar.12.2009 - 1:33 pm

In response to: my grandmother myself

gratitude

Thanks so much Jane, i feel honored by your attention And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love, you make...

Feb.21.2009 - 9:38 am

In response to: In Praise of Home Delivery

And you make the point that it's not just about mail

Jitu, I enjoy the memory of your father's mission and the care he had for the responsibility. The idea of the journey...

Feb.20.2009 - 9:05 am

In response to: In Praise of Home Delivery

Back to Dennis Shay

Pretty funny twist. i hadn't thought of that. And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love, you make (paul...

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Poem: For Mahmoud Darwish

Poem: A Tear in the Sky

Article: Profile of An Arab Daughter

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Image Gallery: VONA 2010

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Video: Elmaz Abinader and The Country of Origin...at Kennedy Center

About Elmaz

Elmaz's books, Children of the Roojme, a Family's Journey from Lebanon and In The Country of My Dreams... , as well as her play, Country of Origin, illustrate personal lives of Arabs and Arab Americans negotiating hostile terrain, cultural polarities,...

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