Category Archives: Creative Writing – 2011

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If you have any questions or would like to know more information about registration, please send an e-mail to [email protected]

Or you can reach Associate Secretary Abdullah Shaaban at 0795110760

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Here’s what past students have said:

2010 Summer Course

“The course made me realize there’s always a deeper level to go into… I would never think about things the way I do now if it weren’t for the course.”

Farah Matalka, King’s Academy

“The lectures were fun and different from any lecture I’ve witnessed before. I was enlightened by the endless arguments about aesthetics and meaning.”

Zahira Shaban, Amman Baccalaureate

“This course helped me find inspiration in things all around me… It helped me become a more confident writer.”

Rand Altaher, Amman Baccalaureate

“Thought provoking… I loved discussing ideas intellectually.”

-Aiya Saqr, Petra University

“Enlightening… the instructor was easy to approach, accessible, and open-minded.”

Lana Khammash, Cambridge High School

“The lectured had helped prepare us for universities… I am now courageous about expressing my thoughts.”

Yasmeen Al-Nahar, The Ahliyyah School for Girls

“Eye-opening, enjoyable and gripping.”

Noor Otay, Islamic Educational College

“Excellent… the instructor was open-minded and didn’t judge my knowledge, he helped me understand better.”

Haneen Al-Nahar, The Ahliyyah School for Girls

2009 Summer Course

“Teaching is amazing, and the material went straight to my head.”

Salam Abandah, The Ahliyyah School for Girls

“The most important change for my daughter was that she gained much more confidence. She has higher marks in English, and writes poetry in her free time”

Student’s mother

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Both the registration and the courses will take place at Reliance. Click on ‘Directions’ on the left of this page for more details.

Introduction to Creative Writing

Registration: Saturday, July 30 anytime between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Times: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesday, Saturdays and Sundays

Dates: Tuesday, August 2 – Wednesday, August 17

Advanced Creative Writing

Registration: Saturday, July 30 anytime between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Times: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesday, Saturdays and Sundays

Dates: Tuesday, August 2 – Wednesday, August 17

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Join us for the third summer of creative writing in Amman!

Click on the sidebar on the left to learn more about courses and registration. Deadline for applying is July 12, and spaces fill up quickly!

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Abdullah Awad

Williams College, Philosophy and English

Columbia University, Literature and Psychoanalysis

Mr. Awad has published poetry, short stories and articles on literature and contemporary culture in the United States and Jordan, participating in conferences at Harvard University and the University of San Francisco. He was a teaching assistant in the Comparative Literature and and Art Studio departments at Williams College. where he is researching and preparing a course on Philosophical Fiction. In his time in Jordan, he has studied the SAT, IGCSE, and IB English syllabuses at length, and lectured at the University of Jordan and King’s Academy.

Currently, Mr. Awad is an editor for Discuss Magazine, and working on the completion of a novel.

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Both courses will be held at:
Reliance
55 Abed Al Hameed Bades St.
(Directly behind Shmeisani mall)
Shmeisani
Amman, Jordan

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Both courses are designed to help students gain more confidence in English and score higher marks on in the IB, IGCSE and SAT English exams, as well as explore their own creative writing and ideas. IB students can receive 20 hours of Creativity for their CAS requirement.

Introduction to Creative Writing

20 hour course – 160 JDs (includes all course material)

Running for the third year in a row, this popular course introduces students to creative writing through poems and short stories. We will explore literary devices and forms, as well as engage ideas and problems from philosophy, psychology, art history and cultural studies that help us represent the world in our writing. Each student will also create new and original work, which is revised with the help of the instructor.

Times: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays

Dates: Tuesday, August 2 – Wednesday, August 17

Advanced Creative Writing

20 hour course – 160 JDs (includes all course material)

This advanced course, for students with a strong background in creative writing, focuses on the particular creative and stylistic development of each student. We will engage advanced and somewhat difficult pieces of writing in order to discover their subtlety, and make use of theoretical terms from philosophy, psychology and art history. Each student will maintain a portfolio of original work, which will be revised and polished.

Times: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays

Dates: Tuesday, August 2 – Wednesday, August 17

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To register, please call with Associate Secretary Abdullah Shaaban at 0795110760 or e-mail [email protected] with the following information:

Name:

School/College:

Age:

E-mail address:

Telephone number:

Payment of 160 JDs and other registration procedures will occur on Saturday, July 30 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Reliance office. Visit the Directions section for more details.

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