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Shakir Mustafa, Editor - Podcast Nov. 1, 2008



									Editor/Translator Shakir Mustafa at the West Hartford Public Library Talk about "Contemporary Iraqi Fiction: An Anthology " Syracuse Univ. Press , 2008 - 202 pages - ISBN: 0-8156-0902-7

									Left: Prof. Shakir Mustafa with Linda Glick at the book signing The first anthology of its kind in the West, collecting the work of sixteen Iraqi writers. Editor Shakir Mustafa grew up in Iraq and has taught at universities in Mosul in northern Iraq, in Baghdad, at Indiana University, Boston University, and is currently at Northeastern University. He teaches creative writing, beginning Arabic, contemporary Arab literature, and Islamic literatures.



							AUDIO (17 min. 30 sec.): Reading from the book Recorded before a live audience at the Noah Webster Library on Nov. 1, 2008. Questions from the Audience: •Question 1 - How did you communicate with the writers assembled in the anthology? (2:31) •Question 2 - Are there differences in what is being written from one Arab country to another? (3:35) •Question 3 - Please tell us about the educational systems in Arab and Gulf countries? (3:34) Link to publisher's website: http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu