Spring 2024

Feb 16

Sponsored by the Brandeis Department of Theater Arts, a reading of "No More Stories of Seagulls," by Elham Nasser Al-Zabeedy and Amy Merrill took place at Brandeis University. The reading was followed by a Q&A with students.

This event was part of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here 2024 programming.  Each year, Her Story Is and US and international artists participate in readings and exhibitions, acts of solidarity that memorialize the 2007 bombing of Al-Mutanabbi Street (street of booksellers in Baghdad, Iraq). 

March 2

Boston, MA: 6:30pm

Palestine, written and performed by Najla Said, directed by Sturgis Warner, presented by Center for Arabic Culture and  Her Story Is. 
For more information, tickets: https://cacboston.org/palestine/

HER STORY IS

FOUNDED IN 2017, "HER STORY IS" IS A COLLECTIVE LED BY INDEPENDENT WOMEN WRITERS AND ARTISTS FROM THE US AND IRAQ, PROMOTES PROJECTS AIMED AT EXPANDING LINGUISTIC, ARTISTIC, AND CULTURAL BOUNDARIES IN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL CONFLICT AND ITS AFTERMATH, WITH A FOCUS ON CENTRALIZING THE EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN. FOUNDED IN 2010, HER STORY IS PRODUCES EXHIBITIONS, ANTHOLOGIES, SCHOLARLY ARTICLES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, THEATER PRODUCTIONS, AND A SEMI-ANNUAL RESIDENCY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WE BELIEVE OUR PROCESS TRANSFORMS ESTABLISHED POWER STRUCTURES, CREATES NEW GROUNDS FOR LEARNING, AND BUILDS A COMMUNITY OF EQUALS ACROSS BORDERS.