Event: Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature: This Moment Here Now Speaker and Presenter: Bahareh Amidi Date: 7 March, Thursday Time: 7:30 PM - 8:15 PM Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City Bahareh Amidi, (www.Bahareh.com) the Iranian-American … [Read more...] about Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature: Experience Poetry as Healer; This Moment Here Now. March 7, 2013
Poetry at Emirates National School for Girls in Abu Dhabi
I would like to dedicate this blog to each and every student that I met on my visit at the Emirates National School in Abu Dhabi. I would also like to thank each and every teacher and administrator that attended the workshop sessions. From the Arabic teacher to Mr. Paul who came … [Read more...] about Poetry at Emirates National School for Girls in Abu Dhabi
A Poem for Martin Luther King
I Have A Dream Speak Poetry I sit in silence I sit in silence and in no prayer I sit with my hands together I sit not even knowing my name Beyond the space where I sit I remember him I remember the person that reminded us of the beauty of no colors I remember the … [Read more...] about A Poem for Martin Luther King
A Poem by a Special Needs Advocate
I feel like a changed person since meeting Hamdah Khalfan Al Mansouri. The first thing that caught my attention was the empowering smile. The smile said Yes I can and also Yes you can. She has not walked, but she has traversed the universe with her passion and with her … [Read more...] about A Poem by a Special Needs Advocate
A Thank You Note to my Travel Companions at the Poetry Therapy Workshop
Dear Travel Companions, How to begin to thank you for this wonderful gift of our time together today. How fortunate I am to have found you all at this point of my journey on this day. Today was the first official Poetry Therapy session I have held, the first of many I … [Read more...] about A Thank You Note to my Travel Companions at the Poetry Therapy Workshop