Middle Eastern Studies Program Presents
Home and the Thresholds of Exile in
Liwaa Yazji's Haunted
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Olin Humanities, Room 102
6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Shareah Taleghani, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies & Arabic
Queens College-CUNY
Liwaa Yazji's debut film Haunted (Maskoon, 2014) documents the process through which a number of Syrians in the midst of armed conflict make the agonizing decision to leave their homes, join thousands of their fellow displaced citizens, and face an unknown future. Shaded with loss and ambivalence, the literal and figural border zones constructed in the film force the audience to contemplate the continually shifting meaning of home and exile, not just for the film’s participants, but for themselves.Queens College-CUNY
This event is co-sponsored by the Human Rights Project
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Olin Humanities, Room 102