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Sara Abou Rashed, A MAP OF MYSELF at Otterbein University

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Nov 18

Sara Abou Rashed, A MAP OF MYSELF at Otterbein University

By Otterbein University Department of English

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Mon, November 18, 2019, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST

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Riley Auditorium, Otterbein University 170 West Park St. Westervillle, OH 170 West Park Street Westerville, OH 43081

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Otterbein University Department of English Writers & Scholars Series presents SARA ABOU RASHED and her one-woman theatrical performance A MAP OF MYSELF: A 70-Minute, One-Woman Revolution on War, Immigration, Language, Home, History, DNA and Everything in Between.

The performance is free, and there will be a talk-back with the artist after the show.

Directed by Larry Smith, creator of the Six-Word Memoir project, A MAP OF MYSELF is a 70-minute performance that combines acting, classic storytelling in the tradition of Spalding Gray, and dynamic spoken-word poetry, Sara recounts her journey from war-torn Damascus, Syria to welcoming Columbus, Ohio. The daughter of Syrian-born parents and the granddaughter of Palestinian-born grandparents, Sara early on grew up with the fascination of “belonging.” In Syria, Sara’s family lived in an area designated for descendants of Palestinian refugees. Although Sara and her parents were born and spent their entire lives in Syria, they were never given citizenship in either Syria or Palestine. Her confusion over her homeland and the immigration she experienced to escape the Syrian civil war unleashed her creativity at a young age. In her poetry and her prose, Sara addresses issues of identity, diaspora, politics, war, and what it means to find “home.”

In 2013, Sara was the new kid at school in Columbus, Ohio—a 13-year-old girl who spoke no English. She learned the language by translating every word of her textbooks, most notably The Odyssey. Within months, she was writing poetry in English and performing on stages across Columbus, including headlining a “Six In the City” show at Shadowbox and giving a talk at TEDxColumbus.

A Map of Myself is Sara’s way of exploring the outer world of displacement and her inner reflections on identity, as she offers a humane understanding of the immigrant experience. Ultimately, in A Map of Myself, Sara asks the most singular and yet universal of questions of us all: How does where we come from shape who we are? And what does it mean to find “home”?

For more information, visit: http://www.mapofmyself.com/



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