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DESCRIPTION:The Oakland Asian Cultural Center presents \n\nPoets of Existence \n\nIn 
 Celebration of International Women’s Day \n\nDeema K. Shehabi, Persis 
 Karim and Shadab Zeest Hashmi\n\nComing from a multitude of experiences, 
 these poets enrich our existence with the beauty of their words. Please 
 join us for an evening of poetry and music.\n\nDeema K. Shehabi is the 
 author of Thirteen Departures from the Moon and co-editor with Beau 
 Beausoleil of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here for which she won NCBR's Book 
 Recognition Award. She's also co-author with Marilyn Hacker of the renga 
 sequence Diaspo/Renga.\n\nPersis Karim is the Neda Nobari Chair of the 
 newly-established Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies and a professor in 
 the Comparative and World Literature department at San Francisco State 
 University. Her poetry has appeared in numerous publications including 
 Callaloo, The New York Times, Culture Strike, Reed Magazine, and 
 Caesura.\n\nShadab Zeest Hashmi is a poet and essayist. She is the winner 
 of the San Diego Book Award and the Nazim Hikmet Prize. Her books include 
 Ghazal Cosmopolitan, Kohl and Chalk and Baker of Tarifa.  \n\nAccompanied 
 by Musical Guests\n\nFaraz Minooei is a composer and santur player.  As a 
 full-time musician, he is a performer, composer, ethno-musicologist and 
 teacher. Recipient of numerous scholarships and grants, he earned his 
 Masters of Fine Arts degree in music with emphasis in Integrated 
 Composition, Improvisation, and Technology from the University of 
 California in Irvine. \n\nHossein Massoudi is a vocalist. Steeped in the 
 folkloric Kurdish vocal tradition of his native Iran, he integrates his 
 love of Persian classical music with his Kurdish roots, resulting in a 
 musicality which is rarely heard.\n\nFree and Open to the Public 
 \n\nOakland Asian Cultural Center \n388 Ninth Street Ste 290 Oakland, CA 
 94607 \n510 - 637 -0455\nwww.oacc.cc \n \nOACC is supported by the Akonadi 
 Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation,  City of Oakland, Hewlett 
 Foundation, Asian Pacific Fund, City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program, 
 Comerica Bank, Five Arts Fund, and individual\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/02/15/18806744.php
SUMMARY:Poets of Existence In Celebration of International Women’s Day
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center \n388 Ninth Street Ste 290 Oakland, CA 94607 
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/02/15/18806744.php
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