Farrah Sarafa

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Farrah Sarafa
Farrah sarafa at british airways & visitbritain.png
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
UCSC
Columbia University
OccupationProfessor, writer, editor-in-chief
Years active2009 - Present
Known forWar poetry, Fractyll Magazine

Farrah Sarafa is an Arab-American poet, scholar, and professor based in Manhattan. She is best known for her work as a poet[1][2] and cultural activist.[1] She is of Palestinian and Chaldean descent.

Biography[]

Born to a Palestinian mother and a Chaldean father, post colonialism, occupation and human rights inform her research and activism.[3] Her notable academic research on North African-French diaspora- Re-writing Algerian Nationalism Through the Discourse of the Woman[4] was published by the University of California Santa Cruz Press in 2006. She spoke on “Growing up Iraqi in the United States”[5] at Boston College and won the Marjorie Rappaport[6] Hopwood award for her poem “Olive.” Her poems “Palestine Fig”,[7] first published in Arabesques, “Let the Land Choose”, “Warfire”, “The Dead Sea”, and “Blood, Sand, and Tears of a Young Boy” have been featured in various magazines,[8] anthologies and textbooks.[9] Inspired by Edward Said's work on Orientalism, postcolonial studies and Comparative Literature, Sarafa worked under his tutelage[10] at Columbia University[11] to obtain a master's degree. She is now Professor of Literature and Modern Languages[12] at Pace University.[13]

Awards and recognition[]

Sarafa was the recipient of a SLS Summer Writing Scholarship and Grant,[1] and of the .[14] She earned 2nd place in the Chistell[1] Writing Contest for “To my Brother" and received the Hopwood Award for her poem "Olive".[15] Her poems have appeared in publications such as Ascent Aspirations Magazine, Avatar Review, Frigg Magazine, Litchfield Review, Cerebration, Foliate Oak, Diagram, Feile-Festa, mediterranean.nu, Tablet Review, and Voices in Wartime. Sarafa's work as a writer and columnist for Blackbook, Arte Fuse, GreenandSave, the Village Voice, NYArt Beat,[16] Scallywag & Vagabond[17] resulted in her founding Fractyll Culture Magazine. Based on the notion that ‘culture is a fractal’, whose "various spokes melodically amount to literature, travel, art, fashion, health, race and music", it underscores industry pioneers,[18] red carpet events and grassroots movements.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Farrah Sarafa". Poets & Writers. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  2. ^ "Sodan taide". KEPA (in Finnish). 4 September 2006. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Farrah Sarafa Carbon Innovations". carboninnovations.net. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ^ Sarafa, Farrah (2006). Re-writing Algerian Nationalism Through the Discourse of the Woman in Assia Djebar's La Fantasia. University of California, Santa Cruz. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Boston College Front Row - Programs". frontrow.bc.edu. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  6. ^ "The Hopwood Newsletter" (PDF). University of Michigan. 30 December 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Palestine Fig". 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Farrah Sarafa". Palestine InSight. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Sodan taide". www.maailmankuvalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  10. ^ Latifi, Sadia. "Learning Your Alif, Ba, Tas, Arabic Students Struggling, Organizing to Learn Difficult Language". Campus Watch. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Learning Your Alif, Ba, Tas". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Farrah Sarafa at Pace University | Coursicle Pace". www.coursicle.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Farrah Sarafa at Pace University (all) - RateMyProfessors.com". www.ratemyprofessors.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Hopwood Newsletter" (PDF). University of Michigan. January 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  15. ^ "Sarafa, Farrah". The Arabesques Review. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  16. ^ "Farrah Sarafa | Writers | NYABlog | New York Art Beat". Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  17. ^ Sarafa, Farrah (24 April 2014). "NYC Premiere of FARMLAND the movie". Scallywag and Vagabond. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Farrah Sarafa". bfa.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Patrick McMullan". www.patrickmcmullan.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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