"Creation and Censorship: The New Wave of Contemporary Iraqi Writers"
28 March 2024 
Hatcher Graduate Library 

A talk by U-M instructor, novelist, and literary critic Dr. Wijdan Alsayegh discussing the challenges Iraqi writers face in authentically expressing themselves under censorship, both material and self-imposed, and the difficulty of promoting their work to the global literary community through translation.
Joined by Tom Zimmerman of Washtenaw Community College as discussant and moderator. 
Organized in partnership with the Iraqi American Union at the University of Michigan and sponsored by the University Library and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies.