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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Andalus of the Possible
DESCRIPTION:In an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde in 1983\, Palestinian poet Mamud Darwish called Palestine “the Andalus of the possible.” Taking inspiration from Darwish’s words\, this talk asks: what has the memory of al-Andalus (Muslim Iberia) made possible for Palestinian writers and thinkers? Since the early twentieth century\, several prominent Palestinian writers have turned to the memory of al-Andalus to reflect on the political plight of their homeland\, to decry occupation and cultural erasure\, and to imagine a future for Palestine. Drawing on examples from this long tradition of Palestinian writing about al-Andalus\, this talk maps the intersection of two diasporic imaginaries that have crisscrossed the Mediterranean: the Andalusi imaginary and the Palestinian one.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/110958
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,comparative literature,Complit,Culture,department of romance languages,Diaspora,Discussion,Free,Human Rights,Language,Latin America,Lecture,literary,literature,mediterranean,middle east,Middle East Studies,multicultural,Muslim,Social Justice
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 4134 (MLB Commons)
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