![]() Now in its fourth year, the Visiting Writers Series brings nationally and internationally renowned writers to Northeastern to read and engage with students and the community. ![]() She runs RAWI (the Radius of Arab-American Writers) and loves coordinating events and strengthening communities. Her new book, “Him, Me, Muhammad Ali” will be released in 2016.Ī recipient of fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, Hedgebrook, Caravansarai, and Eastern Frontier, Jarrar was named one of the most gifted writers of Arab origin under the age of 40 in 2010. “A Map of Home” was published in half a dozen languages and won a Hopwood Award, an Arab-American Book Award, and was named one of the best novels of 2008 by the Barnes and Noble Review. after the Gulf War. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Utne Reader, , Guernica, The Rumpus, the Oxford American, Ploughshares and Five Chapters, among other publications. ![]() Jarrar is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator who grew up in Kuwait and Egypt, and moved to the U.S. But Jarrar is a woman of many talents: she is an actor and standup comedian and she is at work on writing and developing a feature film. ![]() Jarrar has two widely acclaimed books under her belt, the novel A Map of Home and the story collection Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. in the Recital Hall on Northeastern’s Main Campus 3701 W. The cover of Randa Jarrar’s new memoir, Love is an Ex-Country. 4 as part of Northeastern Illinois University’s Visiting Writers Series.įree and open to the public, the reading will take place at 3 p.m. ![]() Randa Jarrar will read from and sign her debut novel, “ A Map of Home,” on Feb. ![]()
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