2010 Between the Lines

For 2010's Between the Lines, we stretched ourselves in several important directions. Geographically, participants represented a total of eight countries, coming from as far west as Algeria and as far east as Oman. Culturally, students shared their worlds with Americans through an international literature salon, a Saturday translation seminar, and a session simply called "Arabic 101." Participants also were treated to an authentic country barn dance, a meeting with members of one of the country's oldest Midwestern Muslim communities, and, due largely to the unexpected success of 2008, a two-day visit to Chicago.







Instructor Tarek Eltayeb leads a class at Bread Garden in Iowa City. IYWS students get a brief lesson in Arabic.
IWP Associate Director Hugh Ferrer discusses publishing in the United States. BTL guest lecturer and Arab-American author Randa Jarrar reads from her work.
BTL and IYWS students participate in a reading at the Iowa City Book Festival. Other views of Iowa: Participants were invited to dinner at the Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids.
Other views of Iowa: Participants were also invited to a wedding reception in Walcott, Iowa, where they got to experience an old-fashioned barn dance. Students shared other skills at the IYWS talent show.
BTL class of 2010. Back row, from left to right: Ali AlBanki (student, Bahrain), Amr Bennis (student, Libya), Elie Nassar (student, Lebanon), Khalil AbdalHadi (student, West Bank), Ghazi AlShehabi (student, Bahrain), Bahaa Attaallah (student, Gaza). Front row, left to right: Gladys Youssef (chaperone, Lebanon), Aya Rabah (student, Gaza), Nadia AlTaei (student, Oman), Dunya Mikhail (faculty, Iraq/USA), Houda Ghenim (student, Algeria), Ghada AlMuhanna (student, Saudi Arabia), Nour Saliba (student, Lebanon).

 

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