Farrah Sarafa
Farrah Sarafa is an American poet,[1][2] professor, editor and translator based in Manhattan. Born to a Palestinian Muslim mother and an Iraqi Christian father,[3] she attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and later learned Tibetan and traveled to China. She was drawn to Columbia University by Edward Said and obtained her master's there in Comparative Literature, French and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MEALAC). [4] [5] [6] [7]
She has been published in several literary journals, such as Tablets, Arabesques [8] and the Litchfield Review, and continues to work as a freelance journalist and book reviewer for Green & Save News, The Struggle and The Chaldean News. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] She teaches humanities at various Manhattan based schools and she won a Hopwood Poetry Award [14], and she has also published one poetry book. [15]
Not being able to visit her ancestral homes, she manages to express and explore ways to battle the oppression she feels through fiction, so she can access the intimates of her Palestinian-Iraqi homelands.
She has won a number of awards and prizes for her poetry. [16]
[edit] Work
- "Mediterranean Lattice: Eastern Shadows over Western Mirage"
- "Paris in the Day"'
- Father Iraq, Mother Palestine
- Olive
- Munich
- Palestine Fig
- Untitled
- Blood, Sand and Tears of a Young Boy
- War Fire
- The Dead Sea
- Colonizing Recipes
[edit] References
- ^ "Sodan taide" (in Finnish). KEPA. 4 September 2006. http://www.kepa.fi/kumppani/arkisto/2006_9/5237. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ Who's Who… in the Center for Academic Advancement at Marymount Manhattan College
- ^ Online magazine and social network for the community of Global Nomads
- ^ "Farrah Sarafa Bio". Avatar Review. Summer 2007. http://www.avatarreview.net/AV9/Contributors.htm#Sarafa. Retrieved January 13 2011.
- ^ "Farrah Sarafa Bio". DIAGRAM Magazine. http://www.webdelsol.com/DIAGRAM/8_1/bios.html. Retrieved January 13 2011.
- ^ "Farrah Sarafa Bio". Green & Save News. http://www.greenandsave.com/green_news/columnist/farrah_sarafa. Retrieved January 13 2011.
- ^ "Farrah Sarafa Bio and Poems". VOICES [Education Project]. http://www.voiceseducation.org/content/farrah-sarafa. Retrieved January 13 2011.
- ^ Sarafa, Farrah (2007). "Palestine Fig". Arabesques. http://www.arabesques-editions.com/journal/contributors/farrah_sarafa.html. Retrieved January 13 2011.
- ^ Sarafa, Farrah (Jan 7 2011). "Millionaire Matchmaker party for Robin Kassner!". Scallywag & Vagabond. http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2011/01/millionaire-matchmaker-party-for-robin-kassner/. Retrieved January 13 2011.
- ^ Sarafa, Farrah (December 16 2009). "Herbs for Medicine and New “Chartreuse” Tea Blends". Green & Save News. http://www.greenandsave.com/green_news/farrah-sarafa/herbs-medicine-new-chartreuse-tea-blends-5576. Retrieved January 13 2011.
- ^ Sarafa, Farrah (November 12 2009). "Whole Grain Unrefined vs. Multigrain Refined Pasta and Bread". Green & Save News. http://www.greenandsave.com/green_news/farrah-sarafa/whole-grain-unrefined-vs-multigrain-refined-pasta-bread-5379. Retrieved January 13 2011.
- ^ Sarafa, Farrah (October 5 2009). "Water: The Myth of Bottled". Green & Save News. http://www.greenandsave.com/green_news/farrah-sarafa/water-myth-bottled-5120. Retrieved January 13 2011.
- ^ Sarafa, Farrah (January 18 2010). "Fish: Health Benefits and Dangers". Green & Save News. http://www.greenandsave.com/green_news/farrah-sarafa/fish-health-benefits-dangers-5735. Retrieved January 13 2011.
- ^ "Hopwood Awards". University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. 2007-2008. http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/hopwood/pdf/Hopwood_Awards.pdf. Retrieved January 13 2011.
- ^ Sarafa, Farrah (April 2006). Distortion and Desire. Shadows Ink Publications. ISBN 9781932447620. http://www.shadowpoetry.com/bookstore/distortionanddesire.html.
- ^ Campbell, Rhonda (May 23 2006). "Love Poured Into a Story". PRWeb. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb388535.htm. Retrieved January 13 2011.
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