Lebanese Writer Visits the Writing Centers
On the 20th of March, the Writing Centers at Maqam and the Islamic Institute, had the opportunity to welcome Ms. Kathy Shalhoub, a Dubai-based writer, whose works include - "Life as a Labneh Lover." During her workshop, titled "Who are you anyway? A guide to discovering your true self", she discussed about developing ideas for writing fictional stories. She provided a lot of motivation to the audience, telling them that anyone can be a writer and all that was needed was hardwork, opportunity and luck. She also spoke about her life and her journey as a writer - the challenges she faced and the joy she got out of writing. She also took the time to answer questions from the audience. At the end, she distributed the prizes for the Fall 2011 Writing Center competition.
The workshop proved to be a success in inspiring all those present that writing is not just a mundane task. It could be a source of joy too!
To read an interview with Ms Kathy, look out for the next issue of our magazine, WriteNow!
Proffessor Dan Niles used a document camera writer, to give a hands-on example of how to write a report for a bar chart as practice for level 3 Midterm. It was a new way to illustrate the information to the students, and we could watch him as he worked through the process. He captured the students' attention with his interactive workshop, and it was interesting!
Professor Brendan Aken works with students during his workshop review for IELTS essay writing. 
