rumi roaming in birmingham: evening crossings in language, place, and belonging
An evening gathering that includes poetry readings, video screenings, and performances from and inspired by ‘rumi roaming: contemporary engagements and interventions’.
T'karonto Launch
Join curator and editor gita hashemi, poetry and translation editor Elena Basile, and three of the contributors Zainab Amadahy, Trish Salah, and charles c. smith who will discuss and read from the book and screen some of the anthology’s media content.
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Misogyny, Racism and the Limits of Mystical Knowledge in Rumi's Poetry
This online and in-person presentation by Mahdi Tourage is based on his essay "Rumi Is Irrelevant" written for and published in rumi roaming anthology.
Translating Rumi: Reflections on the challenges of a decolonial approach
Curator and editor Gita Hashemi and translation and poetry editor Elena Basile in conversation about the challenges of pursuing a comprehensive decolonial approach to translating Rumi in the contemporary context. watch recording
rumi roaming live performance: between shadow and light
See poet charles c. smith and dancer Meryem Alaoui remount on stage their collaboration originally presented live on street in fall of 2021, commissioned and directed by Gita Hashemi as the launching event of the rumi roaming project. Part of the allies and friends programme of performances by Citadel’s presenter-in-residence, wind in the leaves collective, also including choreographic works by MC² and B. Solomon in a series of interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary performances featuring artists exploring poetry and/or spoken word interpreted and performed with dance, music and video image-work.
The Citadel | 304 Parliament St.Toronto
General admission: $35 | Artist, Student, Senior: $25
NOV 15-16, 2024, 8 PM