Reading: Life and Freedom for Ashraf Fayadh January 2016

Reading: Life and Freedom for Ashraf Fayadh January 2016 

Brooklyn Museum 

January 14, 2016 
7:00-9:00 p.m. 

Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor 

200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, New York 11238

PEN American Center and the Brooklyn Museum present 
a reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Palestinian poet and art curator Ashraf Fayadh, who was sentenced to death by a Saudi court on November 17, 2015, 
for apostasy. 
We are joining forces with the International Literature Festival Berlin (ILB) in their call for all individuals, institutions, schools, and media outlets that care about justice and freedom to participate in a worldwide reading to press the U.K. and U.S. governments to intervene on behalf of Fayadh and free expression, and in defense of human rights. 

With photographer, performance artist, and provocateur Dread Scott; poet, language artist, and educator Natalie Diaz; writer and activist 
Ru Freeman; poet Lawrence Joseph; and writer Dina Omar. 
Hosted by Elissa Schappell and Rob Spillman. 

Join us at the Brooklyn Museum or watch on Livestream! 

via PEN American Center 

Life and Freedom for Ashraf Fayadh