Reading: Life and Freedom for Ashraf Fayadh at the Brooklyn Museum. 1/14 at 7PM

From 7-9PM, PEN American Center and the Brooklyn Museum present a reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Palestinian poet and art curator Ashraf Fayadh, who was sentenced to death by a Saudi court on November 17, 2015, for apostasy. We are joining forces with the International Literature Festival in Berlin (ILB) in their call for all individuals, institutions, schools, and media outlets that care about justice and freedom to participate in a worldwide reading to press the U.K. and U.s. governments to intervene on behalf of Fayadh and free expression, and in defense of human rights.

With photographer, performance artist, and provocateur Dread Scott; poet, language artist, and educator Natalie Diaz; writer and activist Ru Freeman; poet Lawrence Joseph; and writer Dina Omar. Hosted by Elissa Schappell and Rob Spillman.

Watch this event on Livestream (https://livestream.com/BrooklynMuseum/ashraffayadh).

Event will be held in the Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor.