This fall is filled with performances, talks, workshops and more.

Highlights include performances of my one-woman show in Philly and NYC, Theater of the Oppressed workshops, and the Jaipur Lit Fest. I hope to see you!

Thank you everyone who packed the house to see me perform and excerpt at Beyond Outrage at WNYC's Greene Space in July. It was a sold out show!
Couldn't make it? See the video here. (My piece at very beginning)

I'm continuing to develop my one-woman show There is a Portal, sharing stories from my life about migration, historical trauma, memory, and finding home. See a short trailer here.

Upcoming Performances:

Friday, November 9, 2019
Presented by Intercultural Journeys in Philadelphia, PA.

Thursday, November 29, 2019
Presented by the CUNY Center for Humanities, James Gallery
at the CUNY Graduate Center, NYC

Other Talks, Events, and Writing:

Writing: I just published a wonderful essay on the power of theater to develop grassroots leaders in Afghanistan. It features the story of my former student Saleh Sepas, turned artist-activist, turned refugee advocate and theater-maker in Malaysia.
Read It Here.

Events:
September 16, 2018 2pm, NYC
Panel Discussion at City Lore
The Intersection of Art, Immigration, and Activism
As part of the exhibit "What We Bring: New Immigrant Gifts".

September 20, 2018, 6:10pm NYC
Jaipur Literature Fest @ NY
The City of Many Tongues: Alia Malek, Kayhan Irani, Ruchira Gupta and Ross Perlin in conversation with Kanishk Tharoor
At the Asia Society

September 22, 2018, 3:30pm NYC
Storytelling Workshop for Birth Justice
This storytelling for grassroots leadership workshop focuses on sharing stories related to birth and birth (in)justice so we can heal, uncover areas of need, and stand together ad providers, caregivers, and mothers.
As part of the Decolonizing Birth Conference

Thursday Tune-In - Third Thursday of every month
7-9pm - Starting September 27
A space for self-identified artist-activist-healers to slow down, reflect, tune-in and restore. Each session will be led by an expert practitioner using creative and healing modalities (such as somatic movement, theater and storytelling activities, restorative justice practices, etc.) for our own healing and to tap into our own desires for liberation.
At The People's Forum

Theater of the Oppressed Workshops
Monthly sessions starting September 29
These ongoing community trainings are for folks new to T.O. or returning to deepen their understanding of how the tools can be used for radical transformation.
At The People's Forum

October 23, 2018, 8:30am NYC
Arts and Social Justice Breakfast
We will discuss the diverse roles artists, journalists and lawyers play in this movement as well as ways that different sectors of action can unite to strengthen #MeToo and move it forward.
As part of Gibney Dance's observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.