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SUMMARY:Muslim Journeys: My First and Only Love with Translator Aida Bamia
DESCRIPTION:
 Join us on Zoom or in person for a special event 
 with the translator of My First and Only Love, 
 an historical Palestinian novel written 
 by Sahar Khalifeh. Dr. Aida Bamia will give a 
 short lecture about the book and her work as 
 its translator, which will be followed by facilitated 
 small group discussions of the book.\n
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 "The 
 latest novel from renowned Palestinian 
 writer Sahar Khalifeh, a deeply poetic account 
 of love and resistance through a young 
 girl's eyes.... Set in the final days of the 
 British Mandate, Sahar Khalifeh spins an epic 
 tale filled with emotional urgency and political 
 immediacy."\n
 -Hoopoe, an imprint of AUC 
 Press\n
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 Aida Bamia is a literary translator 
 and professor emeritus of Arabic language and 
 literature at the University of Florida in Gainesville, 
 where she lives.\n
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 Sahar Khalifeh, 
 born in Nablus in 1941, is an acclaimed Palestinian 
 author. She is hailed as a feminist 
 writer and has written eleven novels, which 
 have been translated into English, French, German, 
 Spanish, and many other languages. She 
 has won numerous international prizes, including 
 the Naguib Mahfouz for Literature for The 
 Image, the Icon, and the Covenant. She lives 
 in Jordan.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Administration\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://www.lib.msu.edu\n
 Contact name: Holly Flynn\n
 Contact phone: 517-884-0901\n
 Contact email: flynnhol@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://bookings.lib.msu.edu/event/8804770\n
LOCATION:Hybrid
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