Description: Panelists explore narratives of occupation(s) in the Middle East. What are the representational and ethical stakes of occupation for literary and cultural producers, critics, academics?

Presider

Ghenwa Hayek, U of Chicago

Speakers

Ghyath Alkinani, U of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Deena Al Halabieh, Penn State U, University Park

Merve Tabur, Penn State U, University Park

Caitlin Cawley, Fordham U

Lubna Alzaroo, U of Washington, Seattle

Ella Elbaz, Stanford U

Azadeh Yamini-Hamedani, Simon Fraser U