{"product_id":"poetry-workshop-with-nathalie-handal","title":"Poetry Workshop with Nathalie Handal","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSaturday November 21, 2026\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTime:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e11 am\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegistration Fee:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100 AED \u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation: \u003c\/strong\u003eKutubna Cultural Center, Madina Avenues, Nadd Al Hamar, Dubai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwelve poets will workshop their work with the guidance of renowned poet Nathalie Handal. This workshop offers poets the opportunity to give and receive feedback on their work. Poems will be circulated in advance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATHALIE HANDAL \u003c\/strong\u003eis described as a “contemporary Orpheus.” She has lived in four continents and her work has been translated in over 15 languages. She is the author of 10 award winning books, including\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoma Roam \u003c\/i\u003e(2026), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eL\u003ci\u003eife in a Country Album\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Palestine Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Republics\u003c\/i\u003e, lauded as “one of the most inventive books by one of today’s most diverse writers,” winner of the Virginia Faulkner Award for Excellence in Writing and the Arab American Book Award; and \u003ci\u003eLove and Strange Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Gold Medal Independent Publisher Book Award. She is the editor of two bestselling anthologies, has worked on  numerous theatrical productions, and her work has appeared in V\u003ci\u003eanity Fair, Guernica, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Nation, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times.\u003c\/i\u003e Handal is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, PEN Foundation, Lannan Foundation, Fondazione di Venezia, Centro Andaluz de las Letras, and The Africa Institute. She is professor of literature and creative writing at New York University-AD, and writes the literary travel column, “The City and the Writer” for \u003ci\u003eWords without Borders \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kutubna Cultural Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53243987984666,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/5561\/7562\/files\/Nathalie164_a24dd6ff-c4e3-4dc3-a3ac-47478ba123b0.jpg?v=1793201475","url":"https:\/\/www.kutubna.ae\/products\/poetry-workshop-with-nathalie-handal","provider":"Kutubna Cultural Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}