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Annual Conference of the AWP (the Association of Writers & Writing Programs) 
Miguel Syjuco participicated on the panel for Sn130. Beyond the Cage: Filipinx American and Filipinx Canadian Writing
March 2021

Poet of Honour: Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi was listed as Poet of Honour, Ars Notoria and Word Masala Foundation’s celebration of some of the best contemporary poets who have become iconic and a major inspiration.
Ars Notoria | March 2021
 

SPEECH: A Review
A piece on The Carolina Quarterly about the experience of reading SPEECH, our faculty member Jill Magi's newest collection of poetry. 
January 2021

The Auxiliary Verb of Guilt
Our faculty member Deborah Williams writes about "should"—the auxiliary verb of guilt.
Brevity | January 2021

“Listening to Abida Parveen on Loop, I Understand Why I Miss Home and Why It Must Be So”
A new poem by our faculty member Tishani Doshi.
Literary Hub | January 2021

NYUAD student Riva Razdan publishes her first novel
Razdan majored in Film and New Media (‘19) and also studied with our faculty members Tishani Doshi and Miguel Syjuco. Her novel Arzu is scheduled to be published by Hachette India in February 2021.
January 2021

Det Poetiske Bureaus Forlag
Our faculty member Tishani Doshi's latest book of poems Girls are Coming out of the Woods has been translated into Danish by the poet Claus Ankerson. Learn more here.

Baby
An original story by our faculty member Tishani Doshi, commissioned by BBC Radio 4. Listen here.
December 2020

Too Long; Didn’t Research: “Masters Of The Word”
Our faculty member, Maurice Pomerantz talks to LitCW major Olivia Bray about the increasing popularity and relevance of Arabic literature. 
The Gazelle | October 2020

“You Like to Have Some Cup of Tea?” and Other Questions About Complicity and Place
Read our faculty member Deborah Lindsay Williams' latest essay from The Common.
The Common | October 2020

NYUAD Students and Scholars the Annual meetings of the Middle East Studies Association
A number of NYUAD Arts and Humanities faculty members will be presenting at MESA 2020, including scholars Laure Assaf, Laila Familiar, Dale Hudson, and Corinne Stokes.
October 2020

We also congratulate LitCW senior Tom Abi Samra for his upcoming presentation at MESA 2020 on "The Leaking Band: Reading the Religious Online Rhetoric During the 2019 Mashrou’ Leila Scandal in Lebanon". Read the abstract for his talk here.

The classroom and the ear: How the pandemic forced a writer to come out about his hearing disorder

Our faculty member Deepak Unnikrishnan writes about how moving from the classroom to online teaching left him with no option but to talk about his problem.
Scroll.in | September 2020

Writing Through Wordlessness in a Time of Isolation
Literary Hub | March 2020

A Brush With Fragile Bushland
Novelist Tishani Doshi on the ‘ecotastrophy’ threatening the wildlife and prehistoric landscape of Australia’s Blue Mountains
The Wall Street Journal | 22 January 2020

Poetry School at Grey Noise
Jill Magi opens Poetry School at Grey Noise--a teaching, publishing, performance and archival exhibition--asks one fundamental question to visitors: how does poetry come to be and what does it do?
Alserkal Avenue | 20 January - 9 March 2020

Small Days and Nights Book Tour
Tishani Doshi in conversation with Salman Rushdie, Mona Eltahawy and Eli Gottlieb in New York
21 - 24 January 2020

Specific and Universal: As Literature Should Be
A review of Tishani Doshi's novel, "Small Days and Nights."
Chicago Review of Books | 8 January 2020

Article in the journal "South Asian Diaspora"
Congratulations to LitCW senior Andy Menon on the recent publication of her first journal article, “Migration and reverse migration: Gulf-Malayalees’ perceptions during the Covid-19 pandemic”.
July 2020 

The story of Hekayah: a true celebration of the founding of the UAE
Deborah Williams writes an article in The National about Hekayah Festival.
The National | November 27, 2019

Top 10 Modern Poets
Tishani Doshi listed as one of top ten modern poets in Fold, the Moleskin magazine.
Fold, Moleskin | 2019

Warehouse 421, SEAF cohort
Alumna Shamma Al Bastaki exhibits at Warehouse 421 as part of the SEAF cohort
Warehouse 421 | 2019

SPEECH
Jill Magi publishes SPEECH  
The Brooklyn Rail | September 3, 2019

UAE bibliophiles, rejoice: Hay Festival is coming to Abu Dhabi in 2020
The National announces the Hay Festival 2020 andTishani Doshi reads at the opening at Manarat Al Saadiyat
The National | September 18, 2019

Marvellous Thieves Adds a New Chapter to Arabian Nights
Paulo Lemos Horta gives 'secret authors' their due in his study of the World Literature classic. 
North Shore News | December 15, 2017

How Novelist Deepak Unnikrishnan Post-Modernized the United Arab Emirates
The Abu Dhabi-based writer uses feats of imagination to bring voices to country’s many inhabitants.
The Culture Trip | October 28, 2017 UAE, where I was raised and where foreign nationals constitute over 80 percent of the population. It is a nation built by people who are eventually required to leave.”
The Washington Post  | March 13, 2017

 

A Region With a Story to Tell

Maurice Pomerantz's research goes much further into Arab and Muslim history. He studies maqāmāt, an Arabic literary form that began in the 10th century in central Asia, and started to peter out in the 19th century.

To Print or Not to Print? Books in the Digital Age

Is curling up to read on a tablet just as good as curling up with an actual book?

NYU Abu Dhabi's Charisma of the Book Conference brought together scholars from across a range of disciplines — from religion to art history — to ask this kind of unique 21st century question and explore the cultural status and social power of the book in today's digital age.

Cyrus Patell on Emergent US Literatures

In this episode, NYU Abu Dhabi Associate Professor of Literature Cyrus Patell considers how marginalized strains of American literature can be thought of using Raymond Williams's concept of the "emergent." Watch him discuss American literature on the margins, including the writing of Maxine Hong Kingston.

Bridging Literary Borders with Paulo Horta

NYUAD Assistant Professor of Literature Paulo Horta is doing things a little differently. "When 90 percent of comparative literature being taught and published in the United States pertains to European languages, we need to go beyond that," he said.