Upcoming Events
Glossing the Margins:
A Bilingual Arabic-English
Poetry Reading
Friday, March 10, 7:00PM Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle
A Bilingual Arabic-English
Poetry Reading
Friday, March 10, 7:00PM Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle
2022
More events coming soon.
2021
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
A Reverence for Words: Understanding Muslim Cultures Through the Arts
A Virtual Performance and Conversation
with poets Kazim Ali, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, beyza ozer, and Saddiq Daukogi
NEH Summer Institute for K-12 Educators
Friday, June 25, 2021
My Sky Is On My Shoulders: A Gathering of Palestinian Poets
Charis Books, Charis Circle
Watch the event here.
A Reverence for Words: Understanding Muslim Cultures Through the Arts
A Virtual Performance and Conversation
with poets Kazim Ali, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, beyza ozer, and Saddiq Daukogi
NEH Summer Institute for K-12 Educators
Friday, June 25, 2021
My Sky Is On My Shoulders: A Gathering of Palestinian Poets
Charis Books, Charis Circle
Watch the event here.
2020
2019
Friday, December 14, 2018
2018
Friday, December 14, 2018
Poetry Party with Copper Canyon Press
A celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin’s So Far So Good
Readings from local poets and luminaries
Hugo House Seattle
Saturday, October 20, 2018
New England Review at 40: An Anniversary Reading
Open Books: A Poem Emporium
Celebrating 40 years of New England Review with
readings by Rick Barot, Gabrielle Bates, Keetje
Kuipers, Eric McMillan, Susan Rich, Martha Silano,
and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha.
May 17-20, 2018
Skagit Valley Poetry Festival
10th Biennial
La Conner, Washington
skagitriverpoetry.org
Poetry Party with Copper Canyon Press
A celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin’s So Far So Good
Readings from local poets and luminaries
Hugo House Seattle
Saturday, October 20, 2018
New England Review at 40: An Anniversary Reading
Open Books: A Poem Emporium
Celebrating 40 years of New England Review with
readings by Rick Barot, Gabrielle Bates, Keetje
Kuipers, Eric McMillan, Susan Rich, Martha Silano,
and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha.
May 17-20, 2018
Skagit Valley Poetry Festival
10th Biennial
La Conner, Washington
skagitriverpoetry.org
2017
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
Al Masyoon
Ramallah, Palestine
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Literaturhaus at Nadi
Dubai, UAE
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Halabi Bookshop
Beirut, Lebanon
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Readers Bookshop
Amman, Jordan
Friday, October 6, 2017
Reading with Sahar Mustafah
Arab American National Museum
Dearborn, MI
Thursday, October 5th, 2017
Reading with poet Heather Derr Smitt
Literati Bookstore
Ann Arbor, MI
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Traditions Fair Trade
Olympia, Washington
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Red Hen Press Reading with Peggy Shumaker and Ellen Meeropol
Annenberg Community Beach House
Santa Monica, CA
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Workshop
Presidio Branch Library
San Francisco, CA
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Deema K. Shehabi and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Moe's Books
Berkeley, CA
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Book Launch!
Elliott Bay Book Company
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Chapbook Launch
Open Books: A Poetry Emporium
Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
Al Masyoon
Ramallah, Palestine
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Literaturhaus at Nadi
Dubai, UAE
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Halabi Bookshop
Beirut, Lebanon
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Readers Bookshop
Amman, Jordan
Friday, October 6, 2017
Reading with Sahar Mustafah
Arab American National Museum
Dearborn, MI
Thursday, October 5th, 2017
Reading with poet Heather Derr Smitt
Literati Bookstore
Ann Arbor, MI
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Traditions Fair Trade
Olympia, Washington
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Red Hen Press Reading with Peggy Shumaker and Ellen Meeropol
Annenberg Community Beach House
Santa Monica, CA
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Workshop
Presidio Branch Library
San Francisco, CA
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Deema K. Shehabi and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Moe's Books
Berkeley, CA
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Book Launch!
Elliott Bay Book Company
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Chapbook Launch
Open Books: A Poetry Emporium
2014-2016
April 1, 2016
In Our Own Words: Muslim Women Poets
AWP 2016, Los Angeles
Shadab Zeest Hashimi
Deema K. Shehabi
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
October 31st, 2015
Nonfiction Now
Flagstaff, AZ
October 15, 2014
Words West Literary Series
Words West is a literary series lovingly curated and expertly organized by poet Susan Rich, Harold Taw and Katy Ellis in the intimate setting of C&P Coffee House in West Seattle. I had the pleasure of participating in a braided reading with poet Rick Barot; we traded poems back and forth and answered questions posed by Susan and the audience about the relationship between poetry and politics. And we commiserated about the anti-poetic properties of FOX News.
Watch the event here.
In Our Own Words: Muslim Women Poets
AWP 2016, Los Angeles
Shadab Zeest Hashimi
Deema K. Shehabi
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
October 31st, 2015
Nonfiction Now
Flagstaff, AZ
October 15, 2014
Words West Literary Series
Words West is a literary series lovingly curated and expertly organized by poet Susan Rich, Harold Taw and Katy Ellis in the intimate setting of C&P Coffee House in West Seattle. I had the pleasure of participating in a braided reading with poet Rick Barot; we traded poems back and forth and answered questions posed by Susan and the audience about the relationship between poetry and politics. And we commiserated about the anti-poetic properties of FOX News.
Watch the event here.