The Department of English and the Center for Arts and Humanities
At the American University of Beirut
In collaboration with the Ahliah School Choir
Present to you
أشعار في حب الوطن
A celebration of Arabic poems in translation featuring:
Poster exhibition by translation students
Readings of Arabic poems and their translations
Singing of poems by the Ahliah School Choir
PROGRAM OF THE EVENT
Welcoming word
Rula Baalbaki,
Event organizer(Translator and Instructor of Writing and Translation, Dept. of English, AUB)
Moderator
Suleiman Bakhti(Writer and Publisher, Darnelson Publishers)
The Ahliah School Choir:
Rain Tarraf, Joelle Kumbarji, Leen Morsel, Hanan Nader, Sara Tello, Sara Rizka, ReedaFneish, Lara Ashi, Lara Masri, MayssamHamadeh, Mariam Hamadeh, Shayan Hajj
Music teacher: Ms. Rana Samaha
Student posters are exhibited outside of West Hall, Auditorium A.
Enjoy discussing the posters with the students after the event.
RokaiaJodeh – Maya Kanaan – YaraNehme – Serge Saaybi / يا بلاد الفكر مهداً (من وحي جبران خليل جبران)
FatinaHatoum – Paula Sleiman – Amany El-Tahhan / سهولنا جبالنا (الياس أبو شبكة)
Ola Hajj Hassan- Karim El-Khatib- Jana Hajj Ahmad / عكّا والبحر (راشد حسين)
Nour Obeid – Zein Reda - / يا علَمي (الاخوان فيلفل)
Joseph Azar – Diana Ikhwan – WassimMajzoub / هل يا تُرى نعود (رياض معلوف)
Anas El Hout – Tarek Itani / أرجع لنا ما كان (الياس ابو شبكة)
Rand Assi – RidaFarhat – Dania Jabal / لبناننا (وداد قرطاس)
Paul Noujeim – Joseph Saade – Abdul RazakTamim / لبنان قم (شفيق معلوف)
Elissa Ibrahim – Leen Fouad – Dunia Yassine / النهر الخالد (محمود حسن اسماعيل)
Karim Faour – Sara Madi / حنت مها غسان (جورج عقل)
Abdel Salam Saad – Nader Shaer – Mohammed Toukan / سبحان من ارساك (وداد قرطاس)
Lama Al Khalil Hijazi – Ibrahim Kasti – Diana El Nemer / ليس لي وطن غير هذا الوطن (سليمان جوادي)
Joe Khoudeir – Aya Nasser – Remy Rhayem / كفاك ألبنان (من مجموعة صبرا)
Lara Chaaban – LeenChahouri – Najla Daher / يا بيروت (نزار قباني)
Ahmad Ghalayini – Nadine Harb – Mohammed Shaaban / اني اخترتك يا وطني (محمود درويش)
Sahar Hamzeh – Luzan Al Mounayer – Rena Al Moustafa / يا ثلج (رشيد أيوب)
Joseph Akiki – Sam Al Chaar – Mohammad Mikdash / القصيدة الدمشقية (نزار قباني)
PPT presentation of methods and strategies of poetry translation: Ola Hajj Hassan & Jana Hajj Ahmad (Translation students)
Readers of Arabic poems:
Diana Ikhwan (AUB student)
Omar Rifai (AUB student)
Suhair Haddad (Commercial Manager CCT)
Nour Hijazi (Ahliah School student)
Yahya Mansour (AUB graduate)
Malaki Khouri (AUB professor)
ZiadKaj (writer)
IhabDimashki (poet)
Sleiman Bakhti (writer/publisher Darnelson)
Readers of translated poems:
Christy Choueiry (AUB student)
Paul Nujeim (AUB student)
RidaFarhat (AUB student)
Jazmina Najjar (AUB professor)
David Curell (AUB professor)
Deema Nasser (AUB professor)
Lara Chaaban (AUB student)
Ahmad Ghalayini (AUB student)
Suzan Jaramani (AUB student)
Sara Baalbaki (AUB student)
The organizers extend thanks to the Department of English, Center of Arts and Humanities, and the Ahliah School, and specifically to:
Marwa El-Roz Ramadan and Yolla Haidar, Department of English
YussefTomeh, Department of English
Rita Bassil-Center of Arts and Humanities
Karma ArakjiJaroudi-FAS–Dean’s Office
Darnelson Publishers
Joseph Azzar & Mariam Bazzi (Event poster)
Zinnia Shweiry, instructor of English 233
Nada Awar Jarrar and the students of Creative Writing 254
Hiba Hamadeh and West Hall Staff
& ALL THE READERS AND STUDENTS who took part in this event!