Alise Alousi
Encyclopedia
Alise Alousi is an Iraqi American
poet
living in Detroit and is also director of Alternatives for Girls, a local program to keep young women from dropping out of school. Born to an Iraqi
father, Alousi still has relatives in Iraq
.
As an Arab American
poet, Alousi is also associate director of InsideOut Literary Arts Project, a creative writing program serving Detroit's youth. Her work has recently appeared in Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry
and will appear in Mutanabbi Street Starts Here late in 2009.
She is a member of Women in Black
in Detroit.
Iraqi American
Iraqi Americans are Americans of Iraqi descent, including those who are expatriates in exile or permanent immigrants. The number of Iraqi Americans is around 140,000 according to the Arab American Institute....
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
living in Detroit and is also director of Alternatives for Girls, a local program to keep young women from dropping out of school. Born to an Iraqi
Iraqi people
The Iraqi people or Mesopotamian people are natives or inhabitants of the country of Iraq, known since antiquity as Mesopotamia , with a large diaspora throughout the Arab World, Europe, the Americas, and...
father, Alousi still has relatives in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
.
As an Arab American
Arab American
An Arab American is a United States citizen or resident of Arab ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage or identity, who identifies themselves as Arab. Arab Americans trace ancestry to any of the various waves of immigrants of the countries comprising the Arab World...
poet, Alousi is also associate director of InsideOut Literary Arts Project, a creative writing program serving Detroit's youth. Her work has recently appeared in Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry
and will appear in Mutanabbi Street Starts Here late in 2009.
She is a member of Women in Black
Women in Black
Women in Black is a women's anti-war movement with an estimated 10,000 activists around the world. The first group was formed by Israeli women in Jerusalem in 1988, following the outbreak of the First intifada.-History:...
in Detroit.
External links
- Alise Alousi at Poets Against War
- Alise Alousi at FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
- What to Count poem