CHICAGO CITY OF REFUGE INITIATIVE Readings and Remembrance: Writing and Witness with WENDY PEARLMAN | LUCINA KATHMANN interviewed by Unoma Azuah and Riad Ismat Please join the Chicago City of Refuge Initiative as we discuss writing as an act of witness as Chicago City of Refuge writers Unoma Azuah and Riad Ismat interview scholar Wendy…
Osama Alomar on the cover of the Chicago Reader this week. “Osama Alomar describes the Syrian conflict one very short story at a time. The emigre writer looks for peace of mind in America.” By Aimee Levitt @aimeelevitt, The Chicago Reader April 6, 2017 “When the writer Osama Alomar emigrated from Syria to Chicago in 2008, he…
Voices of Protest: On Syria A CHICAGO CITY OF REFUGE Event April 9, 2017, 1:00-3:00 PM GANNON CENTER · PIPER HALL 970 West Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois 60660 In collaboration with International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) and PEN International, the Chicago Network for Justice and Peace, the Guild Literary Complex returns with a second…