xRobot: Suheir Hamad Poetry: On the Brink of... for Rachel Corrie Videos

Added: Jul 6, 2008

From: FakroonMedia

Duration: 7:11

Poet and Author, Suheir Hammad came to many's attention with her performance on Russel Simmons' Def Poetry Jam program and subsequent tour. Her poems are published in several anthologies as well as her own books, BORN PALESTINIAN, BORN BLACK and her latest, ZATAR DIVA. On November 4, 2007, the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, Students Educating Students About the Middle East (SESAME, of the Evergreen State College), and Building Revolution by Increasing Community Knowledge (BRICK, of South Puget Sound Community College) sponsored a fund raising speaking engagement for Dahr Jamail and poet Suheir Hammad at the Capitol Theatre in downtown Olympia

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