![Rasha Abbas](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/1719049-625717e2189ec.jpg)
Rasha Abbas
Syria-Germany, The Gist of It, 2019
Arab Fiction Now & The Challenges of Writing in & About the Region
![Isobel Abulhol](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/1719082-625719c616ddc.jpg)
Isobel Abulhol
Trustee of The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) and the Emirates Literature Foundation
Growing a Literary Landscape
![Zaina Arafat](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/1719022-6257163d56cdf.jpeg)
Zaina Arafat
US-Palestine, You Exist Too Much
Arab Fiction Now & The Challenges of Writing in & About the Region
![Zeina Azzam](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/1729581-625ec95e95ed5.jpg)
Zeina Azzam
Palestinian-American poet, writer, and editor. Poet Laureate of the City of Alexandria, Virginia
Closing Hybrid Event: Poetry Reading and Reception
![Matthew Davis](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/1719052-6257180b14049.jpg)
Matthew Davis
The Cheuse Center, George Mason University
Founding Director
Arab Fiction Now & The Challenges of Writing in & About the Region
![Mariam Gomaa](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/1784405-62796178a8cdc.jpg)
Mariam Gomaa
Physician and writer. Author of Between the Shadow & the Soul
Closing Hybrid Event: Poetry Reading and Reception
![Nathalie Handal](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/1719077-6257199b28a07.jpg)
Nathalie Handal
Palestine-USA-France poet, playwright, translator (Moderator)
Modern Poetry in the Arab World