Elmaz Abinader writer, poet, performer www.elmazabinader.com

Elmaz Abinader

Biography Elmaz's books, Children of the Roojme, a Family's Journey from Lebanon, and In the Country of my Dreams....,as well as her play, Country of Origin, illustrate personal lives of Arabs and Arab Americans negotiating hostile terrain,
cultural polarities, and geographic and social displacement. Her other works, 32 Mohammed, Ramadan Moon, The Torture Quartet and Messages from the Siege provide an articulation of the effect of political ctions on personal lives both here and in the Middle East. The Oregon Drama Critics cited Country of Origin for its excellence by awarding two Drammies to the play and to the composer of the music, Tony Khalife. Other awards include a PEN Award for In the Country of My Dreams... and a Goldies Award for Literature.

Upcoming Works

  • Anthologized in: Inclined to Speak, ed by Hayan Charara, University of Arkansas Press
    Language for a New Century, Norton & Co
    GrapeLeaves, Good Housekeeping Magazine, July 2008

    Country of Origin, A Memoir
    The Torture Quartet, A collection of Poetry (publishers tba)

Nickname

  • Elmaz

Causes I Support

  • MECA, VONA,

University Affiliation

  • Mills College

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