Identity, Representation, and the Creation of an Alternative Discourse in the Poetry of Jawdat R. Haydar

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The Department of Humanities in the School of Arts and Sciences invites you to a lecture by Dr. Ramzi Salti on Identity, Representation, and the Creation of an Alternative Discourse in the Poetry of Jawdat R. Haydar, to mark the 115th anniversary of the renowned Lebanese poet’s birth. 

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Bio

Dr. Ramzi Salti is a full-time Lecturer in Arabic at Stanford University where he also hosts a radio program titled Arabology. He has also organized numerous events at Stanford that center on various Arabic cultural icons and productions and has received multiple grants from the Stanford Arts Institute to bring such cultural icons as Emel Mathlouthi, Mike Massy and Pierre Dulaine to Stanford. Dr. Salti has an extensive publication record including a collection of short stories, titled The Native Informant & Other Stories which was published in 1994 to much critical acclaim.