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Meet the Editor of the Welcome Read text: Ahmed M. Badr

On Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024 from 12:15 PM to 01:00 PM

Location: QPAC


This Club Event is for Students, Alumni, Faculty and Staff


Come meet the editor of the English Department's Welcome Read text and the President's October Book Club selection. Hear about his inspiring personal journey and his creation of this year's book.

Ahmed M. Badr is an Iraqi-American author, poet, and social entrepreneur working at the intersection of creativity, climate action, displacement, and youth engagement. He is the editor of While the Earth Sleeps We Travel: Stories, Poetry, and Art from Young Refugees Around the World.

Ahmed is the Director of the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Wesleyan University.


This event is sponsored by the Kupferberg Holocaust Center, which provided funding for the Welcome Read program.

Contact Name: Ilse Schrynemakers

Contact Email: [email protected]

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