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Members of the Abu Dhabi community have been welcomed to join a group reading and discussion on George Orwell’s famous satiric novel Animal Farm, hosted by the NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Institute and the University’s Arts and Humanities journal Electra Street at the NYUAD downtown campus on April 10, at 6:30pm. The journal, featuring contributions from NYUAD faculty and students, will also release its first print issue in conjunction with the event.
This novel, first published in 1945, depicts a world where animals take over the farm in which they live and attempt to govern themselves. Often regarded as one of the classics of twentieth-century English literature, Animal Farm offers pointed commentary and critique on the social and political issues of its time. The event will draw together readers from across the Abu Dhabi community to voice their thoughts about a common text, raising the question of the present-day relevance of the novel's ideas.
The event will feature commentary from members of the NYUAD community: Deborah Williams, editor of Electra Street and faculty member in Literature; Maurice Pomerantz, a scholar of pre-modern Arabic Literature and Islamicate literary cultures; librarian Beth Russell, who specializes in digital humanities and media; and student Rabha Ashry. Inspired by community reading programs in the US, NYUAD’s Abu Dhabi Reads series encourages participants to join in informal but thought-provoking conversations that demonstrate how reading and discussing literary texts can help us to explore and refine our ideas about what matters in our lives.
Electra Street, which will launch its first print issue on April 10, has been an online publication since 2010, featuring articles drawn from many of the fields that fall under the umbrella of Arts and Humanities at NYUAD. Each print issue of Electra Street features articles that bring academic subjects to life for a general reader, as well as creative work and an in-depth interview with an artist whose work exemplifies the virtues of boundary-crossing in some way. The online journal can be found at: http://electrastreet.net/.
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