Narratives of 9/11: The Arab World and its Diasporas
Beyond the widely circulated pictures of jubilant kids dancing to the “terrible beauty” (to use a terribly memorable phrase from W.B. Yeats’ “Easter, 1916”) of
commercial planes diving into the Twin Towers, what do we know about the Arab peoples’ reactions to 9/11? How have Arab public intellectuals, (diasporic) writers,
artists, filmmakers, media and iconic cultural figures responded to 9/11 and to the ongoing war on terror? Has there been a coherent Arab intellectual response to 9/11 and its repercussions? Has that response been heard and reckoned with by audiences across the world? More specifically, what are the broad strokes of such a response, if there is one, and what are its particular impulses and nuanced engagements?
Paper proposals that explore any of the above questions as well as any other aspect of the unfolding artistic and creative responses to 9/11 by Arab littérateurs and aesthetes (and others under other capacities) across the globe are invited. Selected
proposals will be submitted as part of a proposal for a Special Session at the MLA's 123st Annual Convention meeting at Chicago, 27-30 December 2007.
Please send a 500-word abstract, a short bio and an updated CV by March 18 to Nouri Gana (ganouri@umd. umich.edu)
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