[MES Forum] Yasmine Seale Talks About 1001 Nights, Sept 16

[McClimans, Melinda]

Dear Middle East Studies Forum colleagues,
Please join us for a virtual talk with Yasmine Seale, poet, critic, translator, artist, and Visiting Professor at Columbia University, on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 10:00–11:00 a.m. Via Zoom. Register at go.osu.edu/1001Nights<https://osu.zoom.us/meeting/register/9K0_91paQyCN4SelKyeJtg#/registration>
Seale is widely known for her acclaimed translation of The Annotated Arabian Nights, described by The New Yorker as “an electric new translation.” Her work brings Arabic literary traditions into vivid contemporary English, and her essays, criticism, translations, and poetry have appeared in Harper’s, The Nation, The New York Review of Books, The Paris Review, Words Without Borders, and elsewhere.
Thanks to Shurouq Ibrahim for organizing this wonderful opportunity with Yasmine Seale, and to the other co-sponsors! Please print and post the attached flyer and forward widely.
Event details are available in the attached flyer and here:
https://mesc.osu.edu/events/yasmine-seale-talks-about-1001-nights
Best wishes,
Melinda


Melinda McClimans, PhD
Assistant Director
The Ohio State University
International Affairs Middle East Studies Center
145 Enarson Classroom Building, 2009 Millikin Rd, Columbus Ohio 43210
614-292-6506 Office / 614-292-5897 Office
mcclimans.2 at osu.edu<mailto:mcclimans.2 at osu.edu> mesc.osu.edu<http://mesc.osu.edu/>

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