This event will be held at our 1231 9th Ave location in the Inner Sunset.
Join us on Thursday, January 25 at 7pm PT when we celebrate the anthology We Call to the Eye & the Night: Love Poems by Writers of Arab Heritage at 9th Ave!
Featuring Arwa Alsamarae, Deema Shehabi, and editor Zeina Hashem Beck
Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online/Livestream link available soon
About We Call to the Eye & the Night
This landmark anthology gathers together almost two-hundred vibrant English-language love poems by living writers of Arab descent.
We Call to the Eye and to the Night is an amalgam of eminent poets —Hayan Charara, Leila Chatti, Nathalie Handal, Fady Joudah, and Naomi Shihab Nye, among them—and those who have just begun to make their mark. These poets are descended from diverse countries and represent a breathtaking intersection of voices, experiences, and perspectives. Divided into whimsical sections (named for lines from poems they include), the anthology features an evocative array of erotic and romantic selections, as well as ones portraying love of family, friends, heritage, and homeland. Exquisitely curated and introduced by acclaimed authors Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck, We Call to the Eye and to the Night is at once sexy, sensuous, adventurous, and nostalgic—a treasury of love emanating from the Arab world and its diaspora.
About Arwa Alsamarae
Arwa Alsamarae is an ophthalmologist and writer living in the Bay Area. Her work has been published in MIZNA, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, and Palette. She is co-founder of the Coffee and Script Collaborative, an online literary community of Arab writers.
This landmark anthology gathers together almost two-hundred vibrant English-language love poems by living writers of Arab descent.