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Previously: Arab American National Museum, Carnegie Hall, DeYoung Museum, Southern California Poetry Festival, Radius of Arab American Writers' Festival, Open Mouth Literary Center, Kearny Street Workshop, Black Mountain Institute
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Maya has taught workshops at Brooklyn Poets, Poetry Society of NY, Ellipsis Writing, Workshops4Gaza, Stanford University, and dozens of California libraries & schools. Past workshop topics: Arab ecopoetics; Poetry & technology; Poetry & the law; On the memory of water; Mythology in poetry; Ritual & writing practice
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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 modern theoretical works, considering the responsibilities of being an Arab subject with American citizenship.