I have been invited to give a TED talk at TEDxAmsterdamWomen. So so very excited and honored! My talk is called "Love Will Save Us." Dec 1 at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam!!! http://www.tedxamsterdamwomen.nl/2012/11/de-liefde-verklaren-met-glitters-en-roze-nepgeweren/

The Fondazione Merz presents the video installation Beirut, I Love You - A Work In Progress by artist Zena el Khalil, in collaboration with director, Gigi Roccati, as part of Turin's contemporary art fair- Artissima 19.The installation is rooted in el Khalil's poetry reflecting Artissima's theme this year, "It's Not The End Of The World", through a visual diary of home footage, documentary images and scenes shot between Beirut and New York City. http://fondazionemerz.org/en/mostre-esposizioni/zena-el-khalil-beirut-i-love-you-a-work-in-progress/

Please join me at Busboys & Poets in DC on Oct 18 from 6-8pm at the Peace Cafe on 5th & K at the Cullen Room. More info on their website! http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/event/peace-cafe-zena-el-khalil-beirut-i-love-you-a-memoir

Please join me at powerHouse Arena in Brooklyn on Oct 16 from 7-9pm for my ebook launch party. Slide show presentation, tap dancing TED Fellow Andrew Nemr, video screening and Lebanese wine :) More info + directions on their website! http://www.powerhousearena.com/newsletters/121016/

My latest publication under xanadu*- a collection of 31 poets who have performed with "The Poeticians" - a poetry collective who meet and share their work in Beirut and Dubai, edited by Hind Shoufani."Here in the Middle East, we are alive. And we might not always be the people you think us to be. We are nowhere near a damn rainbow, but we know we will eventually get there. Consider this book a manifesto. A triumph of the human spirit. Go on now, I dare you to turn the page." - Official Ziggy quote      https://www.facebook.com/events/411595188886994/