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Third Thursdays Poetry from Brookline Booksmith: "Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air"

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May 18, 2023

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Media Lab student Ayşe Guvenilir and MIT alumni Mariam Dogar and Maisha Munawwara Prome share their work from Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air, a poetry collection exploring family, identity, and homeland. This event was originally recorded on May 18, 2023 as part of the Third Thursdays Poetry reading series at Brookline Booksmith. 

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