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SUMMARY:The Hidden Light of Objects: Fiction and the Quotidian in Kuwait
DESCRIPTION:\nFebruary 11 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm\n| Free\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker
 : Mai Al-Nakib\, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literatur
 e\, Kuwait University\n\nRegistration is now open! \n\nPlease be aware\, 
 that upon start of the event\, unclaimed lunches and seats will be given t
 o those on standby\, even if you have registered.\n\nPriority will be give
 n to the Brown community.\n\nThis luncheon lecture will be followed by a b
 ook signing.\n\nThis event will be livestreamed. Click here to access. A 
 recording will be posted to our website after the event.\n\nAbout the Lect
 ure:\n\nWe are all too familiar with images of the Middle East depicted in
  mainstream media—often exaggerated and inaccurate\, sometimes not as f
 ar off the mark as some of us might wish. In recent years\, the region has
  been overwhelmed by occupation\, war\, revolution\, economic crises\, and
  a range of fundamentalisms\, among other threats. While the Gulf countrie
 s appear relatively calm by comparison with many of their neighbors in the
  region\, this may be a temporary respite. Can the state of Kuwait—site 
 of what might be labeled “the forgotten Gulf war”—provide an alterna
 tive view to those currently dominating? In the face of encroaching concer
 ns\, what role\, if any\, can fiction play? Professor Mai Al-Nakib discuss
 es these issues in relation to her recently published collection of short 
 stories\, The Hidden Light of Objects.\n\nBio:\n\nMai Al-Nakib (PhD\, Brow
 n ’04) is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at K
 uwait University. Her research addresses a wide range of issues linked to 
 cultural politics in the Middle East—from Arab feminisms to the ethical 
 question of Palestinians in Kuwait. Her collection of short stories\, The 
 Hidden Light of Objects (Bloomsbury US\, January 2015)\, traces overlooked
  moments in the lives of those who reside in a region often overwhelmed by
  geopolitics. The Hidden Light of Objects won the Edinburgh International 
 Book Festival’s First Book Award in 2014\, the first short story collect
 ion to win in the history of the award. She is currently writing her first
  novel.\n\n\n
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