American Refuge: The Refugee Experience and the Power of Radical Hospitality
American Refuge: The Refugee Experience and the Power of Radical Hospitality
A second-generation Palestinian refugee born and raised in Jordan, Dr. Abdo’s teaching, research, and scholarship focus on Arab women writers and Arab and Islamic feminisms. She has also published poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Her first book AMERICAN REFUGE: True Stories of the Refugee Experience was published by Steerforth Press in 2022. In 2015, Dr. Abdo founded Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), which advocates for housing refugee families on college and university campus grounds and supporting them in their resettlement.
Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM on Tue, 8 Apr 2025
Event Supported By
Penn State College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State Department of Comparative Literature
Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library