Calling all NAAP-DC writers and friends! We’re excited to work with RAWI (the Radius of Arab American Writers) and Arab-American writer, Susan Muaddi Darraj to bring you a dynamic, FREE workshop to help you hone your creative writing skills. The event — which includes a reading by Susan and hands-on workshop — is open to writers of all levels. Just bring yourself, your notebook, and some passion.
Don’t forget to save your seat by registering on the Eventbrite – space is definitely limited for this one: https://
RAWI has organized these writing workshops in different cities across the country, serving Arab-and Muslim-American writers, writers of color, and writers from any marginalized communities.
The event on May 5, 2018 is FREE and open to any emerging writer. It is co-sponsored by RAWI, NAAP-DC, and the Johns Hopkins University MA in Creative Writing Program. More
information about In Solidarity workshops can be found at https://
Schedule:
11:00 AM: Registration/Refreshments
11:05 AM: Welcome and Introduction
11:15 AM: Reading by Susan Muaddi Darraj (see bio below)
12:15 PM – 2 PM: Creative Writing Workshop + Lunch*
*Bring your own lunch or purchase from several food shops at nearby DuPont Circle.
About RAWI:
RAWI is the only national organization that provides mentoring, community, and support for Arab-American writers. We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) literary organization dedicated to supporting and disseminating creative writing and scholarly writing by Arab-Americans.
We put on a conference featuring readings, panels, workshops, and roundtables every other year. Despite the fact that Arab-American voices continue to become more prominent, opportunities for us to share our experiences and insights, as well as to discuss the trajectory of Arab-American literature, is limited. Therefore, RAWI’s biennial gathering provides a rare opportunity to bring a large number of Arab-American writers, artists, and scholars (and their readers and admirers) into the same space so we can engage in various dialogues otherwise unavailable to us.
About Susan Muaddi Darraj:
Susan Muaddi Darraj is Associate Professor of English at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland. A 2018 USA Ford Fellow, Susan is also a Lecturer in the Johns Hopkins University’s MA in Writing program and a faculty member in Fairfield University‘s MFA program.
In 2014, her short story collection, A Curious Land: Stories from Home, was named the winner of the AWP Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, judged by Jaime Manrique. The book was published in December 2015 by the University of Massachusetts Press. It also won the 2016 Arab American Book Award, a 2016 American Book Award, and was shortlisted for a Palestine Book Award.