Yahya Ashour يحيى عاشور is a poet from Gaza City, Palestine, currently participating in the International Writing Program - Fall Residency hosted by the University of Iowa.
Mr. Ashour has authored a children’s book and, in 2018, a collection of poetry, You Are a Window, They Are Clouds. His poems and award-winning stories have been anthologized and appeared in newspapers and magazines in Palestinian Territories and internationally. He has taught creative writing and literacy skills to both children and adults at various community organizations in Gaza. He participates through a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US Department of State.
Mr. Ashour will read from his poems and talk about his experience as a writer living under occupation.
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