Sayed Kashua IN CONVERSATION

WITH DR. LEON WIENER DOW

“Writing Identity”DATE: Thursday, March 14, 2013

TIME: 5:00 PM: Reception 5:45 PM: Talk

PLACE: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life 2121 Allston Way BerkeleyPlease RSVP to Fredda Olivares folivares@law.berkeley.edu

Sayed Kashua was born in the Arab town of Tira in central Israel. He has become one of the most important contemporary voices on the complexities of identity through his three novels, his column in the Ha’aretz newspaper, and the groundbreaking Israeli sitcom Arab Labor, which he wrote and created. His latest novel, Second Person Singular, was published in March.

Illustration by Amos Biderman.