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Wednesday, October 6, 2021 @ 10:00 am EDT - 11:00 am EDT

Meeting Location:
  • Online
The Muse Writers Center
2200 Colonial Avenue, #3
Norfolk, VA 23517 United States

ODU LitFest: Live Virtual Reading with Mansoor Adayfi

This event will live-stream on the ODU Literary Festival Facebook page.
At age 18, Mansoor Adayfi left his home in Yemen for a cultural mission to Afghanistan. He never returned. Kidnapped by warlords and sold to the U.S. after 9/11, he was rendered to Guantánamo Bay where he spent the next 15 years without being charged with a crime. He now lives in Belgrade, Serbia, where he writes and advocates for prisoner and detainee rights. His memoir of time at Guantánamo, Don’t Forget Us Here, tells two coming-of-age stories in parallel: a makeshift island outpost becoming the world’s most notorious prison, and a young man emerging from its darkness. Art by Adayfi and other former and current detainees will be featured in the spring 2022 exhibition Art from Guantánamo Bay at ODU’s Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries.

Please note: This class or event will be held online (using Zoom or a similar live platform). To participate, students or attendees should have a stable internet connection. Class participants: you should have a computer or device with a webcam and microphone; and your Zoom link will be automatically sent to you after you register. Check your spam box if you don't see it.