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The next tertulia features multi-media artist Yassin “Narcy” Alsalman on the intersections of hip-hop, art and activism, and his book,  (Fernwood) on Wednesday, February 10 at 7:30pm (Atlantic Time) on Zoom.

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Yassin “Narcy” Alsalman is a polymath. He is renowned as a pioneer of the Arab voice in hip-hop culture and one of the formative voices from the Iraqi diaspora. He is a professor at Concordia University, an award-winning music video director, an actor, and a celebrated musician. Most importantly, he is a father of two.

Text Messages: Or How I Found Myself Time Traveling is the first multi-genre collection by Montreal-based Iraqi hip-hop artist, activist, and professor Yassin “Narcy” Alsalman.

Composed entirely on a smartphone during air travel and married to artwork from comrades, Narcy’s writing speaks of the existential crises experienced by diasporic children of war before and during imperialism in the age of the Internet. 

From the depths of apathetic consumerism arises a voice of spiritual self-realization that explodes the misrepresented, mythical monolith of Islam in the West and with the rubble builds healing through intelligent resistance and radical love.

What is a tertulia? A tertulia can be described as a literary and artistic social gathering or philosophy café where participants talk about big thinkers, artists and ideas. This winter, Tertulias Fredericton has put together a series on activists and social movements that have shaped our lives and allowed us to imagine a better future. 

Tertulias Fredericton is supported by the , publisher of videos of the Tertulia talks, book publishers ,  and  as well as the .

Upcoming Tertulias

Feb. 17 - Bryan Palmer, Professor Emeritus, Trent University, and author of  (Haymarket), co-author of  (Between the Lines), past editor of the journal,  on the Canadian left in the epoch of declining expectations. 

March 3 - Nina Lakhani, environmental justice reporter with , on her book,  (Verso). 

March 10 - Harsha Walia, migrant justice activist and executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, on her book,  (Fernwood). 

March 24 - Basil Alexander, Assistant Professor of Law, University of New Brunswick, on Dudley George and the Ipperwash Inquiry. 

March 31 - Caroline Ennis, organizer of the 1979 Tobique Women's March to Ottawa, on how in the Indian Act. 

April 14 - Jason MacLean, Assistant Professor of Law, University of New Brunswick, on Greta Thunberg, #FridaysForFuture and the Lessons of Youth Climate Activism.

For more information, visit  or contact: fredericton.tertulia@gmail.com.