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MSVU prof gives convocation speech at Acadia while receiving honourary doctorate

A five-year strategic plan restores the University of Iowa’s financial support and looks to arts presenter’s role on campus and in the community.

Zainub Priya Dala is an Indian writer, psychologist, and physical therapist from South Africa. She wrote two books, “What About Meera” and “The Architecture of Loss,” the first of which won the 2015 South African Minara debut prize, and she has written pieces for The New York Times. Dala received an Honorary Fellowship in Writing...

"In a Time of Witness," published by the Stanley Museum of Art, takes readers behind the scenes and into the mind of the artist.

Soonest Nathaniel, a Poet, Journalist, and spoken word artiste, has been selected to participate in the esteemed International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, United States. Nathaniel is joining an exclusive group of authors that include several winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, including Turkey's Orhan Pamuk and China's Mo…

Soonest Nathaniel, a poet, journalist, and spoken word artist, has been selected to participate in the esteemed International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, United States. Nathaniel is joining an exclusive group of authors that include several winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, including Turkey’s Orhan Pamuk and China’s Mo […]

A new translation of the 1988 novel documents not only the loss and exile created by the Nakba but also the loss and exile created by occupation.

While Canada, and now some programs in the UK, have also started offering the degree, it is in the United States that it is most common and rigorous.

The virtual creative writing summer camp will take place from July 8 to 21, 2023. Applications are due by April 21.

IFEX joins over 180 groups and individuals in urging member states to recognise the critical role of migrant artists in advancing human rights, and to provide accessible asylum policies, comprehensive protection programs and proactive, inclusive cultural policies.