Iraqi and Arabic-language poetry on campus next week

Al-Jubouri (left) and Howell (right) will be at Smith next week.

Next Tuesday, October 2, the Smith College Poetry Center will host Amal Al-Jubouri and Rebecca Gayle Howell for a poetry reading.

Amal Al-Jubour’s poems (which have been called a “crucial voice in contemporary Iraqi and Arabic-language poetry”) have been translated into 12 languages.  Her poetry was recently translated into English by Rebecca Howell, who holds a combined MFA in poetry and poetry in translation from Drew University.

The event, which is supported by the Betty Hamady Sams ’57 and James F. Sams Fund, The Global Studies Center, and the Five-College Faculty Seminar on Literary Translation, will take place in the Weinstein Auditorium in Wright Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Additionally, there will be a Q&A session with poets Amal al-Jubouri and Rececca Howell, on October 2, at 4 p.m. in the Poetry Center at Wright Hall. The Q&A session is open to the Smith community.