Free Layaali Arabic Music Concert at UMass Dec 5th

PALESTINE IN WORDS & MUSIC
The Massachusetts Review Winter Party
featuring SAHAR MUSTAFAH, author of The Slightest Green

with live music by LAYAALI ARABIC MUSIC ENSEMBLE
When: Friday, December 5th at 7:00 pm
Where: Commonwealth Honors College Event Room, UMass Amherst, 157 Commonwealth Ave.
Musicians include: Rami Abu Ali (ney), Jamal Sinno (qanun), Insia Malik (violin), Gabe Lavin (oud), and Michel Moushabeck (riq and tabla).
Refreshments and light Arabic snacks will be served
Free and open to the public

Sponsored by: UMass: Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Department of English, Middle Eastern Studies Program; Amherst College: Department of Anthropology and Sociology; Hampshire College: In/Justice Learning Collaborative; Smith College: Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Program in World Literatures, Music Department; Other: The Five College Consortium; Massachusetts Review; Interlink Publishing; Interlink Foundation.

Praise for Sahar Mustafah's The Slightest Green

A moving multigenerational novel by celebrated Palestinian American writer 

“Sahar Mustafah’s sophomore novel is nothing short of magical … a story of the diaspora, of the eternal calling for Palestine, that is gorgeous and illuminating. The past lives on, it cradles us, it strengthens us. A must-read.” 
—Susan Muaddi Darraj, author of Behind You Is the Sea

“The wrenching latest from Mustafah (The Beauty of Your Face) finds a Palestinian American woman torn between her life in the U.S. and her father’s homeland. As Intisar weighs whether to give up her job in Chicago or a piece of her father’s legacy, Mustafah unfolds a poignant story of familial sacrifice and cultural identity. This will move readers.”
—Publishers Weekly