Today We Wrote Nothing

(4 Credits)

People of movement, categorized as migrants, have always fascinated scholars, artists, and writers. Contemporary mainstream discourse about the Gulf has arguably placed a great deal of emphasis on profession, what people do, their social class, and why they came, especially those on the margins. How have these individuals been represented in the Gulf, by whom, what are their stories and where can we find them? The objective of the class is to try and answer these questions, as well as to produce original material in writing workshops, in order to try and address some of these issues, especially representation.