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Gazelle:A Screening and Conversation

with Special Guest Nadir Saribacak and Maryam Ala Amjadi

June 2 @ 5:30 PM

On Persian Poetry and The Art of Translation: Celebrating Ahmad Shamlou’s Centennial

Featuring Niloufar Talebi and Maryam Ala Amjadi

March 10 @ 7 PM

Event flyer for an evening with Maz Jobrani and Maryam Ala Amjadi, scheduled for Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 7:30 PM at the Philip J. Cohen Theatre in the UNLV Student Union, featuring photographs of Maz Jobrani and Maryam Ala Amjadi.

An Evening with Maz Jobrani & Maryam Ala Amjadi

A conversation on humor and the Iranian and American cultures and identity

Nov 18 @ 07:30 PM

Promotional banner for the Las Vegas Book Festival event scheduled for October 18th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Historic Fifth Street School in Downtown Las Vegas. Features a talk titled "Finding Your People: On Writers and Literary Community" moderated by Krista Diamond, with images and names of four speakers: Maryam Ala Amjadi, KB Brookins, Tajja Isen, and Isle McElroy.

Finding Your People:

On Writers & Literary Community

Oct 18 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Flyer advertising a book reading event with Wendy Chen discussing Li Qingzhao's poetry on March 7 from 7-8 pm at The Writer's Block, Las Vegas. The flyer features a book cover of "The Magpie at Night" and two black-and-white photos of Wendy Chen.

WENDY CHEN

A reading & conversation with

MARYAM ALA AMJADI

March 7 @ 7 pm - 8 pm

Event flyer for 'I Will Call You Once I Arrive in Kyiv,' an evening with Moniro Ravanipour and Maryam Ala Amjadi, hosted by Black Mountain Institute. Includes black and white photos of two women, event details, and a book cover for the translated work.

" An Evening with Moniro Ravanipour and Maryam Ala Amjadi

Feb. 11, 2025, 7pm to 8:30pm

An event poster for a reading of "The Ice Seller of Hell" by Maryam Ala Amjadi, awarded for prose. The poster features her black and white portrait, details of the event, and images of her publication "Meridians," delving into feminism, race, and transnationalism.

The Ice Seller of Hell

2024 ELIZABETH ALEXANDER

CREATIVE WRITING AWARD

WINNER FOR PROSE

Poster for Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl on October 12, 2024, from 11 am to 7 pm in Downtown Reno, featuring a large question mark filled with various letters and symbols, with a city skyline, mountains, and a yellow sun in the background.

Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl

The Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl

October 12, 2024 from 11 am to 7 pm.

Event poster with a yellow background for a lecture by Maryam Ala Amjadi with Doug Unger, scheduled for September 25, 2024 at 12 PM in the UNLV Beverly Rogers Literature & Law Building, Room 101, presented by Black Mountain Institute.

MARYAM ALA AMJADI

WITH DOUG UNGER

September 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm