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New Poems that Go "Beyond the Headlines" in Rojava

Posted on January 24, 2020

A poster supporting pro-democracy movements in Northern Syria, photographed on a street in Portland, Oregon. By Alan, 2018.

What is Rojava? In his introduction to new poetry from the region, recently published in Words Without Borders and aptly entitled "Beyond the Headlines," translator David Shook explains that this anonymous region of northern Syria, with its "publicly declared values of gender equality, environmental sustainability, and pluralism," recently faced a U.S.-condoned invasion from Turkey. Despite the uncertain future of Rojava:

Making Translation Visible

Posted on January 16, 2020

There is one thing almost all the literature on this site has in common: it has been translated into English from another language.

In New York? Deepen Reading and Analysis Through Art and Design

Posted on January 11, 2020

Our friends on the English Language Arts Committee of the UFT have a new event to share:

Growing up Basque: Meet Kirmen Uribe

Posted on January 05, 2020

Basque author Kirmen Uribe. By Xabier Cañas. CC 4.0 license.

What is like to grow up in Basque Country, an autonomous, culturally unique region within Spain where people speak one of the world's oldest languages? In an interview with Words Without Borders, Kirmen Uribe, an award-winning author now living and teaching in New York, remembers:

January 9th, Meet Fellow Global Educators . . .

Posted on December 19, 2019

This January 9th, Words Without Borders Campus continues its free professional development series with an interactive workshop that will prepare you to: