Jamal SaeedTag

October 15, 2020

Activist Jamal Saeed's Astonishing Story of a Young Girl Coming of Age in the Arab Spring is Essential Reading

Yara's childhood has been a complicated one: growing up in Aleppo, Syria, as a revolution brewed meant a tense and unpredictable existence. And when the Arab Spring unfurls, it means violence on a scale ...

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November 14

Author Reading & Signing: Emily McKibbon, Kate Cayley, and Tamara Jong

November 14, 2025 @ 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) Thirteenth Anniversary

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SMU Reading Series: Kate Cayley

The SMU Reading Series presents: An evening with Kate Cayley, winner of the Trillium Award, the O Henry Prize and the Mitchell Prize for Poetry.

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