Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Sinan Antoon: "I think of myself as a global citizen"


Dina Omar, The Electronic Intifada, 7 April 2010

"Sinan Antoon is an Iraqi-born poet, novelist, filmmaker and assistant professor at New York University. His novel I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody and his collection of poems The Baghdad Blues are written with great sophistication and a haunting sense of irony. Similarly, his 2003 documentary About Baghdad captured the terror and exhilaration of Iraqis after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime and the early months of the US occupation. The Electronic Intifada contributor Dina Omar interviewed Sinan Antoon about his work and experiences....."

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