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“LEND ME AN I.D.” by Nora Armani presented at DIWAN 2011 on Friday, March 25 @ 2pm. Synopsis: The play centers on one woman’s quest for an identity and belonging in her pursuit of a meaningful and fulfilling life away from her Homeland. Sorting through the pieces of a multicultural provenance and existence, Nora’s journey takes us from Cairo, her birthplace, from even before she was born, all the way to New York where she currently resides. The play touches upon personal life coincidences and external events that shape her destiny and identity. In the process of a ‘successful integration’ where she gradually replaces ‘marginality’Read More →

The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is seeking artistic presentations and proposals for panels and papers for its DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts being held for the first time in New York City at the Graduate Center for the City University of New York (365 Fifth Avenue) March 25-26, 2011. AANM is pleased to partner with Alwan for the Arts as well the Middle East and Middle East American Center (MEMEAC) at the Graduate Center, CUNY, to build an exciting program for its fourth DIWAN conference, in its ongoing commitment to convene and generate a national dialogue among artists and academicians about the stateRead More →