Tag: Dearborn Open Mic

“Their Flags Are Everywhere” by Amer Zahr in Dearborn Open Mic

Part 1:       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w89k6AyKnBM   Part 2:         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2y2n3HFPw4&t=1s   Part 3:       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W-CwVZ1Syg   Part 4:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5-x-yMRYtA&t=1s  

Ali Elsendy Recites “To A Student” in Dearborn Open Mic

Dr. Hassan Bazzi introduces Ali https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20tyf9rLyV0   Ali recites his poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SmsJEMmWI

Mr. Mohamad Hammoud Recites His Zajal in Dearborn Open Mic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV5Hd4x_wr4

Poet Ibaa Ismael Reads New Poems in Dearborn Open Mic

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI8yOiQTSnc Introduced by Dr. Hassan Bazzi Ibaa Ismael: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJCJyTo63Ec  

Zajal by Mohamad Charara in Dearborn Open Mic

Zajal is a traditional Arabic form of oral strophic poetry declaimed in a colloquial dialect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5I7vOYp6wQ

First Arabic Poetry Published Book in Japanese Haiku Style by Dearborn’s AlMisiafy AlRikabi (Video)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avXFg9U_2N8 Haiku is a very short form of Japanese poetry. It is typically characterized by three qualities: The essence of haiku is "cutting" (kiru).[1] This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a kireji ("cutting word") between them,[2] a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours ...

Kamelya Youssef, the Authentic Arab American Ecopoet Activist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4biiuhbW6M “People usually comment that your name is also a flower or that you’re named after it or it after you.” With these words Kamelya Youssef once started her poem Xylem Kamelya Youssef is a Detroit-based poet, organizer, graduate student, and teacher. She is a member of the Z Collective and a board member of ...