BNA Meeting October 20, 2011
Congregational Church
15518 27th Ave NE
Shoreline 98155, 7:00 pm
Afifi Durr, Briarcrest resident and Seattle Storytellers Guild member, will teach participants to tell their own stories within five to seven minutes. A native of Lebanon, Middle East, immigrated to the United States in 1963. Afifi has wide knowledge of global issues, experienced a civil war in Lebanon; a revolution in Iran; traveled overseas as translator/interpreter for US Government and conducted Middle East – US. Dialogue during the Gulf War in the Seattle area.
Afifi was born in Byblos, Lebanon, oldest Phoenician capital in the world 3000 B.C. Stories come natural to her from her Byblos hometown told from one generation to another, old as Phoenician capital itself.
Afifi has done storytelling workshops with adults, Middle East Peace Camp kids, senior citizens, Arab Center of Washington, libraries and members of the community. She encourages people to come listen, laugh, and enjoy hearing stories or tell their own stories. Stories enrich our culture, our community and bring healing to our world. Come with a joyful spirit, join us and tell us your wonderful story.
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