Taha Muhammad Ali - March 27, 2008

Date
Sponsors

UA Poetry Center, UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The Inner Connection

Reading Series
Location
UA Poetry Center
Taha Muhammad Ali and Peter Cole

Taha Muhammad Ali reads primarily from his book So What (2006) in the original Arabic, with Peter Cole reading each poem's translation in English.

Tracks
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Welcome and Introduction
Description

by Frances Sjoberg

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Opening Remarks and "Warning"
Description

Read in Arabic and English.

Citation

Ali, Taha Muhammad. So What. Trans. Peter Cole, Yahya Hijazi, and Gabriel Levin. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2006.

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"Abd el-Hadi Fights a Superpower"
Description

Read in Arabic and English.

Citation

Ali, Taha Muhammad. So What. Trans. Peter Cole, Yahya Hijazi, and Gabriel Levin. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2006.

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"Sabha's Rope"
Description

Read in Arabic and English.

Citation

Ali, Taha Muhammad. So What. Trans. Peter Cole, Yahya Hijazi, and Gabriel Levin. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2006.

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Ali on his motivation for writing "Abd el-Hadi Fights a Superpower" and "Sabha's Rope"
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"Meeting at an Airport"
Description

Read in Arabic and English.

Citation

Ali, Taha Muhammad. So What. Trans. Peter Cole, Yahya Hijazi, and Gabriel Levin. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2006.

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Excerpts from "Twigs" and "The Dream" (from "Three Qasidas")
Description

Read in Arabic and English. "The Dream" differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Ali, Taha Muhammad. So What. Trans. Peter Cole, Yahya Hijazi, and Gabriel Levin. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2006.

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Ali on his friend Qasim; "Fooling the Killers"
Description

Read in Arabic and English.

Citation

Ali, Taha Muhammad. So What. Trans. Peter Cole, Yahya Hijazi, and Gabriel Levin. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2006.

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"Nothing More"
Description

Read in Arabic and English.

Citation

Ali, Taha Muhammad. So What. Trans. Peter Cole, Yahya Hijazi, and Gabriel Levin. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2006.

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"Revenge"
Description

Read in Arabic and English.

Citation

Ali, Taha Muhammad. Trans. Peter Cole, Yahya Hijazi and Gabriel Levin. "Revenge." TWO LINES #14: World Writing in Translation. Ed. Zack Rogow. 2007.

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Taha Muhammad Ali and Peter Cole
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