Book Launch: Syria: The Fall of Eternity with Ghada Alatrash
It is no easy task to tell the Syrian tale, one that is written—and still being written—in the midst of both darkness and light. Yet, Syrian literature and art have taken up this task: not only to record events threatened by historical erasure, but to transform a time stained with blood into an anthem of resistance.

Speakers

Youssef Haddad
Youssef Haddad is Professor of Arabic at Georgetown University in Qatar. His research focus is on syntax, pragmatics, and their interface. He is passionate about the social conditions of language use and its relation to phrase and sentence structure.

Ghada Alatrash
Dr. Ghada Alatrash is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Georgetown University in Qatar. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Research: Languages and Diversity from the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Oklahoma. Her pedagogy and research are grounded in anti-orientalist, anti-colonial, and anti-racism frameworks that interrogate and challenge Western hegemonic narratives through an intersectional, transnational, post-colonial lens.
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