Dr. Al-Ramli Exhibits
his Award-Winning Works
Professor Muhsin
Al-Ramli, Ph.D. (Modern Languages) presented his award-winning novel, "The
President's Gardens" and "Naranjas y cuchillas en Bagdad" a
collection of short stories, at a multilingual ceremony on campus.
Hames Bitar, a well-known
Syrian musician in Madrid, set the mood for the evening with live oud music as
the attendees arrived. Master of Ceremonies Jaime Ortiz (Assistant
Dean) introduced Al-Ramli's works and named the various awards that The
President's Gardens received, including the English PEN Award in 2016, The
Guardian's Book of the Day for Fiction in April
2017 and finalist for IPAF International Prize for Arabic
Fiction. Originally published in Arabic in 2012, the novel has received much
praise since the recent release of the English translation.
Al-Ramli then
presented himself and shared his life experiences, which have had a great
influence on his writing. Ortiz returned to the stage to read
"Inmigrante," a short story selected from a collection of Al-Ramli's
writings from various periods of his life. Professor Hamish Binns (Modern
Languages) read the first two paragraphs of the English version of "The
President's Gardens" and Bitar played a piece on the oud. As Bitar played,
Al-Ramli read the Arabic version of his poem, "La casa de los
amigos." Al-Ramli's students Karelin Torres and Ivan Ozaruk then read the
translations of his poem in both Spanish and English.
At the end of the
event, Ortiz asked for questions and comments from the group, which he says
were "deep reflections and comments from the audience on the relevance of
Al-Ramli's works." As Bitar closed the ceremony with oud music, attendees
were invited to enjoy baklava at the book signing reception held in the Student
Lounge.
October 9, 2017
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