Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'

  1. An Evening with Scottish P.E.N. - Gaarriye and W.N. Herbert

    Thursday 11th December 2008

    Gaarriye,W.N.Herbert, Iyad Hayatleh and Valerie Thornton read at a special event for Scottish P.E.N. at the Glasgow School of Art on Thursday 11th December.

  2. Newcastle University - Gaarriye and W.N. Herbert

    Tuesday 9th December 2008

    The Northern Writers’ Centre and the School of English at Newcastle University presented an evening of readings with Gaarriye and W.N. Herbert.

  3. Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Gaarriye and the poems of Kajal Ahmad, Farzaneh Khojandi and Noshi Gillani

    Saturday 1st November 2008

    The last time most of us were together for the 2008 tour was when we visited Lancaster LitFest for three readings celebrating five of our international poets.

  4. Corsino Fortes, Gaarriye and the poetry of Noshi Gillani at Manchester Literature Festival

    Monday 20th October 2008

    Readings by Corsino Fortes, Gaarriye and the poetry of Noshi Gillani, with Sean O'Brien, W N Herbert, Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah.

  5. Gala Readings: Poetry in Seven Languages at the British Library

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    Saturday 18th October 2008

    The Gala Reading at the British Library was an unprecdented literary event featuring the poems of six international poets read in translation by six leading British poets.

  6. Gaarriye and the poetry of Kajal Ahmad with Mimi Khalvati at Canterbury Festival

    Wednesday 15th October 2008

    Readings by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' and the poetry of Kajal Ahmad, with Mimi Khalvati.

  7. Gaarriye and W N Herbert at the Bluecoat Centre in Liverpool

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    Tuesday 14th October 2008

    Readings by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' and W.N.Herbert

  8. Gaarriye at Somali Week

    Friday 10th October 2008

    As part of the 2008 Somali Week Festival at Oxford House, Gaarriye and his translator, Martin Orwin, read some of his most famous work.

  9. World Poets' Tour 2008 Launch Party

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    Monday 6th October 2008

    We launched our World Poets' Tour with a fabulous party at the October Gallery in London.

  10. World Poets' Tour 2005, London: Men's Night

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    Thursday 13th October 2005

    Gaarriye, Partaw Naderi and Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, gave a reading of their poetry at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS as part of the WPT.

  11. World Poets' Tour 2005 Launch Party

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    Tuesday 4th October 2005

    The PTC's World Poets' Tour was launched with a brilliant party at The October Gallery.

  12. International Poets Meet for the First Time

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    Sunday 2nd October 2005

    Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Partaw Naderi and Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' met for the first time at the start of the PTC's first World Poets' Tour in 2005

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