Prose Poetry

This session converges the space between poetry and prose, examining how rhythm, voice, image, memory, and narrative can come together within the prose poem. Through readings and writing exercises, participants will experiment with transforming observations, fragments, and everyday moments into poetic prose.

Each teaching session is followed by an accompanying Writers’ Workshop the following week, open to participants of the preceding session. The workshops create a space to return to, share, and collectively reflect on the writing developed through each teaching session, encouraging an ongoing exchange of ideas, feedback, and practice.

Workshop Session II (Thursday, December 17)

Open to ages 18+ 

No prior experience required

Language: English and Arabic

About the Instructor

Sarah Afaneh is a Palestinian artist (b. 2001) with an interdisciplinary practice that encompasses writing, photography, printmaking, and textiles. She is currently developing a series of work that embodies, archives, and translates grief through language, image, and textile—acts that become liberative gestures of mourning.

Sarah is a recipient of the Teaching Artists Fellowship at Manarat Al Saadiyat (2025/26) and the Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship (2024/25). Her work has been featured in Bayt AlMamzar, Satellite (Dubai), and The Cube at NYU Abu Dhabi, and published in Dukkan Collective, Sumou Mag, Global Art Daily, The National, and Fiker Institute. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Literature & Creative Writing, and Social Research & Public Policy, with a minor in Political Science, from NYU Abu Dhabi (2022)