The 3rd Annual Poetry Festival is coming up next Saturday, May 9th.  We are pleased to feature poetry in Arabic, Assyrian, Aramaic, Kurdish and English from poets all over America.  I hope that you can join us.  The details are in the attachment and below:

Third Annual Poetry Festival

Peace

2 pm on Saturday, May 9, 2015

Poetry Foundation

61 W. Superior St.

Chicago, IL

Peace!  In these troubled times, we will ever achieve peace for ourselves, our families, our community, our world?  The Iraqi Mutual Aid Society is pleased to hold the Third Annual Poetry Festival again in collaboration with Poetry Foundation.  Come hear Iraqi and other Middle Eastern poets describe what peace means to them in multi-lingual Arabic, Assyrian, Aramaic, Kurdish and English recitations featuring:

William Denham

Yonan Houma

Dr. Khoshaba Jasim

Rafed Khashan

Issa Boulos

Nemo

Dr. Fuad Ridha

Pierre Simon

Nasser Thabet

Please join us to experience this vibrant oral poetic tradition.  English translations will be available.  Reception will follow.   The public is cordially invited.  For more information see www.iraqimutualaid.org or www.poetryfoundation.org.