Radius of Arab American Writers | RAWIFest Day 1
Thursday, June 10th starting at 6PM EST, hosted online
In collaboration with The Boston Foundation, RAWI is excited to host RAWIFest – a weekend of free virtual programming celebrating Anglophone SWANA literature and performance art, featuring new work from poets, spoken word artists, and performance artists!
Rather than following RAWI’s previous “conference” format, and in the spirit of openness and accessibility, the entirety of RAWIFest’s programming is free and open to the general public. This is made possible due to the generous support of the Boston Foundation (LAB), Mizna, Kundiman, The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, and the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies.
All events will be live-captioned.
Email rawifest@gmail.com with any questions about registration or the festival.
Day 1 Schedule
6PM EST
OPENING CEREMONY
7PM EST
QUEER VOICES READING + Q&A
Join us for RAWIFest’s opening event: a reading featuring Queer SWANA poets and writers Feras Hilal, Mateo Genoveva, Carissa Halston, Banah el Ghadbanah, and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch. This event will end in a Q&A discussion amongst the artists.
8:30PM EST
RAWIFEST OPEN MIC/CYPHER
Join us for an open mic/cypher hosted by Tariq Luthun. All writers and performance artists are welcome to sign up for a 4-minute slot via Google forms (link forthcoming).