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SUMMARY:Floating Words: The Flood Has Not Ended.  Narrating Displacement in
  the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:As an exiled author in Switzerland\, Wagdy El Komy (originally 
 from Egypt) has experienced first-hand the complexities of displacement an
 d belonging in our current era. In this lecture\, he will talk about two s
 hort stories recently published by Weiter Schreiben Schweiz\, the platform
  for exiled authors in Switzerland\, which deal specifically with the myth
  of Noah's Ark and re-place it in the 21st century context of Western Eur
 ope's asylum policies. With this act of rewriting\, El Komy raises questio
 ns about solidarity\, ethics as well as belonging that resonate with conte
 mporary audiences and hold a critical mirror to xenophobic discourses in W
 estern Europe\, including Switzerland. The author will discuss the value o
 f literature and storytelling as a way of resisting such discourses.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>As an exiled author in Switzerland\, Wagdy El Komy (originall
 y from Egypt) has experienced first-hand the complexities of displacement 
 and belonging in our current era. In this lecture\, he will talk about two
  short stories recently published by <a href="https://weiterschreiben-schw
 eiz.jetzt/"><i>Weiter Schreiben Schweiz</i></a>\, the platform for exiled 
 authors in Switzerland\, which deal specifically with the myth of Noah's A
 rk and re-place it in the 21<sup>st</sup>&nbsp\;century context of Western
  Europe's asylum policies. With this act of rewriting\, El Komy raises que
 stions about solidarity\, ethics as well as belonging that resonate with c
 ontemporary audiences and hold a critical mirror to xenophobic discourses 
 in Western Europe\, including Switzerland. The author will discuss the val
 ue of literature and storytelling as a way of resisting such discourses.</
 p>
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