Maya created a classroom environment where I felt safe and motivated to grow as a writer and thinker. She is such an inclusive, empathetic, and fun instructor who provides thoughtful, honest feedback.
Whenever Maya leads our discussions, she always gives us good leading questions and explains things in detail. Her feedback is amazing, and she goes above and beyond to plan and make sure every class is fun and engaging!
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Previously: DeYoung Museum, Carnegie Hall, Beyond Baroque
Teach
Previously taught at: Brooklyn Poets, Ellipsis Writing, Workshops4Gaza, Stanford’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts, and over a dozen California middle and elementary schools.
Past workshop topics: Arab ecopoetics; Poetry & technology (experimental forms); Poetry & the law; On the memory of water; Ritual & writing practice; Cryptids & creatures: mythology in poetry
Past workshop topics: Arab ecopoetics; Poetry & technology (experimental forms); Poetry & the law; On the memory of water; Ritual & writing practice; Cryptids & creatures: mythology in poetry
Read about my Arab Ecopoetics workshop with Workshops4Gaza
Speak
Poet-scholar-archivist.
How to Make An Algorithm in the Microwave braids academic scholarship with archival practice to explore the impacts of surveillance on Arab American communities.
Mermaid Theory explores medical forms and theoretical connections, considering the responsibilities and silences of being in diaspora.
How to Make An Algorithm in the Microwave braids academic scholarship with archival practice to explore the impacts of surveillance on Arab American communities.
Mermaid Theory explores medical forms and theoretical connections, considering the responsibilities and silences of being in diaspora.
Maya’s partnership made the event a success in more ways than one. She brought a breath of fresh air to the event; her reading was nuanced and thought-provoking, and I heard nothing but great things about her presence on stage.