{"id":1343,"date":"2024-11-12T10:47:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2024-11-18T11:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T16:07:41","slug":"stuck-in-the-in-betweens-poetry-with-reem-abou-samra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2024\/11\/12\/stuck-in-the-in-betweens-poetry-with-reem-abou-samra\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in the In-Betweens: Poetry with Reem Abou Samra"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Detroit-based poet Reem Abou-Samra <\/span>brought<\/span> decades of poetry to share on themes of fracture, merging and identity <\/span>to an <\/span>evening of poetry, including works from her two collections \u2014 <\/span>just: enough<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Fractured: Between Truth and Lies<\/span><\/i>. Alumna Zahra Kanji and UDM students Jenna Saker and Tasnim Uddim also performed original works. <\/span>This event was sponsored by the Islamic Studies Program, Religious Studies Department, English Department and the College of Humanities Arts & Social Sciences<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Through her poetry, Abou-Samra shared her experiences and reflections as an activist, mother, Muslim and Syrian-American. She has been performing for two decades in Detroit and supports open mics and other opportunities for artists in the region. In addition, she is a scholar of Political Science, Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Studies and currently teaches at University of Michigan\u2019s Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Detroit-based poet Reem Abou-Samra brought decades of poetry to share on themes of fracture, merging and identity to an evening of poetry, including works from her two collections \u2014 just: enough and Fractured: Between Truth and Lies. Alumna Zahra Kanji and UDM students Jenna Saker and Tasnim Uddim also performed original …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":682,"featured_media":1344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[17,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/11\/IMG_5578-e1731945995671.jpeg?fit=1033%2C369&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}