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Sinan Antoon in Orono Thursday April 3 and Friday April 4


Ali Fadhil and Sinan Antoon on PBS Charlie Rose Show, March 19, 2008; Fadhil: "The Americans are like a virus, a disease"

Sinan Antoon will visit the University of Maine, Orono, Maine next week. He hails from Baghdad, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, and now is a faculty member at New York University with specialization in premodern Arabo-Islamic culture and contemporary Arab culture and politics. He is a widely published poet and essayist. In 2004, he released his documentary film, About Baghdad.

• Thursday April 3, 12:30–1:00pm: Sinan Antoon will speak about "The Destruction of the Modern State of Iraq" in the Memorial Union Bangor Room on the Orono campus
• Thursday, April 3, 7:00pm: Dr. Antoon will deliver a lecture on "Debris and Diaspora: Iraqi Culture Now" in 140 Little Hall on the Orono campus
• Friday, April 4, 7:00pm: He will show his widely-acclaimed film, About Baghdad, 140 Little Hall on the Orono campus.

This should be a fantastic opportunity to learn about the reality of Iraq and its destruction through American occupation.