Deema Shehabi (Arabic: ديمة الشهابي) (born 1970) is a Palestinian poet and writer. She has widely published in journals and wrote her first book of poetry in 2011. It was followed by an anthology which she co-edited in 2012 in response to the bombing of Baghdad's historic literary district and in 2014 a collaboration with another exiled poet of a collection of renga-style poems.
Shehabi was born in Kuwait in 1970. She is of Palestinian heritage; her mother was from Gaza and her father from Jerusalem.[1] She attended The American School of Kuwait, with other Palestinian exiles. The Kuwait of her childhood was a haven for freedom, education, work and a place where she learned to be proud of her Palestinian culture.[2] In 1988, she came to the United States to attend Tufts University and attained a BA in history and international relations. She earned a Master's in 1993 in journalism from Boston University.[1]
She is the vice president of Radius of Arab-American Writers, Inc. (RAWI),[3] and has sponsored national events annually since 2009 to bring artists together.[4]
Shehabi has published poems in many journals including Contemporary Arab-American Poetry, Crab Orchard, DMQ Review, Drunken Boat, The Kenyon Review, Literary Imagination, Poetry London and The Poetry of Arab Women among others and was nominated for a Pushcart prize four times. Her work has been translated into Arabic, Persian, and French.[5] Her first book, Thirteen Departures from the Moon, was published in 2011 and through poetry discussed the feeling of being trapped between two worlds.[6][7] A special section of American Book Review in its November–December 2012 issue reviewed Arab American literature. Shehabi was one of the authors whose works were reviewed in-depth and was mentioned elsewhere in the issue as masterful in her use of ghazal.[8]
In response to the 2007 bombing in Baghdad's Al-Mutanabbi Street, the historic literary district, Shehabi and Beau Beausoleil edited an anthology in 2012 called Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here of people's responses to the bombing. Contributors include Yassin Alsalman and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Anthony Shadid;[9] Rijin Sahakian, U.S.-based Iraqi television producer and Nazik Al-Malaika as part of the 100 participants.[10] The book won the 2013 Recognition Award from the Northern California Book Awards presented 19 May 2013 at the San Francisco Public Library.[11] Rebecca Foust, Dartmouth Poet in Residence at the Frost Place, praised the editing of alternating prose and poetry as creating a coherent rhythm and a powerful reminder that what happened on Al-Mutanabbi Street could happen anywhere.[12]
Her most recent publication is a collaboration with a Jewish-American poet, Marilyn Hacker, written in the style of a Japanese renga, a form of alternating call and answer. The book, Diaspo/renga: a collaboration in alternating renga explores the emotional journey of living in exile.[13] The collaboration began in 2009 as an exchange of poems expressing thoughts on the 2008-2009 Gaza hostilities. It is an interweaving of dialogue on the conflict, which explores the inability to be apathetic, as war remains in the mind as the background of even mundane daily tasks.[14]
Shehabi, Deema. Thirteen departures from the moon: poems, Press 53, Winston-Salem, NC (2011) (ISBN978-1-935708-23-0)
Beausoleil, Beau and Deema Shehabi, eds. Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5th, 2007, Bombing of Baghdad's "Street of the Booksellers", PM Press, Oakland, CA (2012) (ISBN978-1-60486-590-5)
Hacker, Marilyn and Deema K Shehabi. Diaspo/renga: a collaboration in alternating renga, Holland Park Press, London (2014) (ISBN978-1-90732-042-2)
Referencesedit
^ ab"Deema Shehabi: Poet and Editor". The Institute for Middle East Understanding. Tustin, California. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^Castellano, Liz. . Philip Metres. University Heights, Ohio: Philip Metres, John Carroll University. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^. AsiaWrites. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^Hausman, Jessie (21 September 2014). "New beginnings: RAWI's 5th national gathering with Mizna, the Minnesota-based arts organization with publishes which publishes the journal Mizna: Prose, Poetry, and Art Exploring Arab America". Minneapolis, Minnesota: Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^. PM Press. Oakland, California. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^Dacus, Rachel (6 February 2012). . Fringe. No. 29. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^Qualey, M Lynx (28 December 2010). "A Palestinian-American Poet's Virtual Book Tour and More Poems for Gaza". ArabLit. Cairo, Egypt. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^Metres, Philip (November–December 2012). "Arab-American Literature" (PDF). American Book Review. 34 (1). Victoria, Texas: University of Houston-Victoria: 3–13. doi:10.1353/abr.2012.0178. S2CID 144506129. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^Bramley, Ellie Violet (21 January 2014). "Literary project honours Baghdad's devastated bookselling district". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^Stoughton, India (10 November 2012). "A literary pick and mix from Iraq and beyond". Beirut, Lebanon: The Daily Star. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^"32nd Annual Northern California Book Awards". San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco, California. May 19, 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^Foust, Rebecca (12 May 2014). "Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, edited by Beau Beausoleil and Deema Shehabi". The Rumpus. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^"Diaspo/Renga". Holland Park Press. London. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^Hammad, Sousan (5 December 2014). "More than a homeland". London: al-Araby al-Jadeed. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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Deema Shehabi Arabic ديمة الشهابي born 1970 is a Palestinian poet and writer She has widely published in journals and wrote her first book of poetry in 2011 It was followed by an anthology which she co edited in 2012 in response to the bombing of Baghdad s historic literary district and in 2014 a collaboration with another exiled poet of a collection of renga style poems Deema ShehabiBorn1970 age 53 54 KuwaitNationalityPalestinian AmericanEducationTufts University Boston UniversityOccupation s poet editor artist Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected works 3 References 4 External linksBiography editShehabi was born in Kuwait in 1970 She is of Palestinian heritage her mother was from Gaza and her father from Jerusalem 1 She attended The American School of Kuwait with other Palestinian exiles The Kuwait of her childhood was a haven for freedom education work and a place where she learned to be proud of her Palestinian culture 2 In 1988 she came to the United States to attend Tufts University and attained a BA in history and international relations She earned a Master s in 1993 in journalism from Boston University 1 She is the vice president of Radius of Arab American Writers Inc RAWI 3 and has sponsored national events annually since 2009 to bring artists together 4 Shehabi has published poems in many journals including Contemporary Arab American Poetry Crab Orchard DMQ Review Drunken Boat The Kenyon Review Literary Imagination Poetry London and The Poetry of Arab Women among others and was nominated for a Pushcart prize four times Her work has been translated into Arabic Persian and French 5 Her first book Thirteen Departures from the Moon was published in 2011 and through poetry discussed the feeling of being trapped between two worlds 6 7 A special section of American Book Review in its November December 2012 issue reviewed Arab American literature Shehabi was one of the authors whose works were reviewed in depth and was mentioned elsewhere in the issue as masterful in her use of ghazal 8 In response to the 2007 bombing in Baghdad s Al Mutanabbi Street the historic literary district Shehabi and Beau Beausoleil edited an anthology in 2012 called Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here of people s responses to the bombing Contributors include Yassin Alsalman and Pulitzer prize winning journalist Anthony Shadid 9 Rijin Sahakian U S based Iraqi television producer and Nazik Al Malaika as part of the 100 participants 10 The book won the 2013 Recognition Award from the Northern California Book Awards presented 19 May 2013 at the San Francisco Public Library 11 Rebecca Foust Dartmouth Poet in Residence at the Frost Place praised the editing of alternating prose and poetry as creating a coherent rhythm and a powerful reminder that what happened on Al Mutanabbi Street could happen anywhere 12 Her most recent publication is a collaboration with a Jewish American poet Marilyn Hacker written in the style of a Japanese renga a form of alternating call and answer The book Diaspo renga a collaboration in alternating renga explores the emotional journey of living in exile 13 The collaboration began in 2009 as an exchange of poems expressing thoughts on the 2008 2009 Gaza hostilities It is an interweaving of dialogue on the conflict which explores the inability to be apathetic as war remains in the mind as the background of even mundane daily tasks 14 Selected works editShehabi Deema Requiem for Arrival Mississippi Review Volume 32 No 3 2004 pp 263 264 Shehabi Deema At the Dome of the Rock Mississippi Review Volume 32 No 3 2004 p 262 Shehabi Deema The Narrative The Kenyon Review Volume 30 No 1 2008 pp 115 117 Shehabi Deema Helwa s Stories The Massachusetts Review Volume 50 No 1 2 April 2009 pp 144 147 Shehabi Deema Ghazal Callaloo Volume 32 No 4 December 2009 p 1161 Shehabi Deema Thirteen departures from the moon poems Press 53 Winston Salem NC 2011 ISBN 978 1 935708 23 0 Beausoleil Beau and Deema Shehabi eds Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5th 2007 Bombing of Baghdad s Street of the Booksellers PM Press Oakland CA 2012 ISBN 978 1 60486 590 5 Hacker Marilyn and Deema K Shehabi Diaspo renga a collaboration in alternating renga Holland Park Press London 2014 ISBN 978 1 90732 042 2 References edit a b Deema Shehabi Poet and Editor The Institute for Middle East Understanding Tustin California 31 December 2013 Retrieved 18 April 2015 Castellano Liz Interview with Deema Shehabi by Liz Castellano Philip Metres University Heights Ohio Philip Metres John Carroll University Archived from the original on 21 April 2015 Retrieved 21 April 2015 An Evening of Poetry with Arab American Poets Deema K Shehabi and Zaid Shlah AsiaWrites 28 April 2011 Archived from the original on 19 April 2015 Retrieved 19 April 2015 Hausman Jessie 21 September 2014 New beginnings RAWI s 5th national gathering with Mizna the Minnesota based arts organization with publishes which publishes the journal Mizna Prose Poetry and Art Exploring Arab America Minneapolis Minnesota Twin Cities Daily Planet Retrieved 18 April 2015 Authors Deema Shehabi PM Press Oakland California Archived from the original on 19 April 2015 Retrieved 19 April 2015 Dacus Rachel 6 February 2012 Deema Shehabi Poet in Exile Fringe No 29 Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 Retrieved 19 April 2015 Qualey M Lynx 28 December 2010 A Palestinian American Poet s Virtual Book Tour and More Poems for Gaza ArabLit Cairo Egypt Retrieved 19 April 2015 Metres Philip November December 2012 Arab American Literature PDF American Book Review 34 1 Victoria Texas University of Houston Victoria 3 13 doi 10 1353 abr 2012 0178 S2CID 144506129 Retrieved 19 April 2015 Bramley Ellie Violet 21 January 2014 Literary project honours Baghdad s devastated bookselling district The Guardian London Retrieved 18 April 2015 Stoughton India 10 November 2012 A literary pick and mix from Iraq and beyond Beirut Lebanon The Daily Star Retrieved 18 April 2015 32nd Annual Northern California Book Awards San Francisco Public Library San Francisco California May 19 2013 Retrieved 19 April 2015 Foust Rebecca 12 May 2014 Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here edited by Beau Beausoleil and Deema Shehabi The Rumpus Retrieved 21 April 2015 Diaspo Renga Holland Park Press London Retrieved 19 April 2015 Hammad Sousan 5 December 2014 More than a homeland London al Araby al Jadeed Retrieved 19 April 2015 External links editOf Harvest and Flight Flight Over Water Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Deema Shehabi amp oldid 1215280251, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
