Wednesday, October 8 · 5 - 6pm EDT - Online

Art and Resistance in "Power Born of Dreams"

By IRIS NRC

International Book Club with author Mohammad Saba'aneh

Join us online for a conversation with Mohammad Sabaaneh, the author and illustrator of the award winning graphic novel Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine. Discussion facilitated by Professor Ramzi Fawaz, an award-winning queer cultural critic, public speaker, and educator.

A bird perches on the cell window and offers a deal: “You bring the pencil, and I will bring the stories.” The two collect threads of memory and intergenerational trauma from the ongoing Israeli occupation. These stories come to life in the striking linocut artwork of Mohammad Sabaaneh, helping us to see Palestinians not as political symbols, but as people.

Mohammad Sabaaneh is a Palestinian cartoonist and a former political prisoner in Israel. His work has been published in the Middle East Monitor as well as Al-Quds Al-Arabi, and he is the principal political cartoonist for the Palestinian Authority’s daily newspaper, Al-Hayat al-Jadida. Mohammad is a Middle East representative for the Cartoonists Rights Network International and teaches art at the Arab American University of Palestine. His work has been included in international art fairs around the world. The author of White and Black, he recently received his master’s degree on a Chevening Scholarship from the University for the Creative Arts, London, UK. He currently lives in Ramallah, in the West Bank.

Participants are encouraged to read Power Born of Dreams before attending this online event.

The first 30 Wisconsin K-12 educators who register for this event will receive a free copy of the book!

This event is made possible with support from the Middle East Studies Program at UW-Madison.

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