BOOKISH: Writer Amira Hanafi on her time living in a political-turmoil-ridden Cairo

Through poetry and discussion, writer/artist Amira Hanafi returns to Philly to discuss her experience living in Tahrir Square during Egypt's recent revolution

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BOOKISH: Writer Amira Hanafi on her time living in a political-turmoil-ridden Cairo

POSTED: Friday, July 27, 2012, 12:00 PM

In trying to understand the mood of Cairo since the uprising that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak, Amira Hanafi finds herself in a fairly good position to explain the cultural shift: A writer and artist, Egyptian and former Philadelphian, Hanafi has lived in Tahrir Square since before the uprising, observing and documenting the events as they've unfolded around her.

She's returned to Philadelphia for the summer as a visiting artist at the University of the Arts, providing an excuse for her former employer, the Penn Book Center, to invite her to share some of her experiences Sun., July 29 at A-Space (4722 Baltimore Ave.). The free event will begin at 7 p.m. with Hanafi's poetic essay inspired by the July 8, 2011 sit-in, followed by a discussion of broader shifts in Egyptian politics and society.

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