Zêdan Xelef Almito
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Mail code: 1401Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentCreative Writing
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Zêdan Xelef (They/Them) is a poet, translator, organizer, and archivist. They grew up in the Yazidi community of Shingal Mountains where they herded four goats with three other cousins. They are the co-creator of Tew Tew, an oral history and oral traditions archive with a mission to conserve the endangered Yazidi oral traditions in response to the Yazidi genocide. They’re the writer of A Barcode Scanner (Kashkul Books 2021/Gato Negro Ediciones 2022) and co-editor and co-translator of Something Missing from This World: Contemporary Yazidi Poetry (Deep Vellum, August 2024).
Genocide, Displacement, Borders, Archive, Memory, Monument, Document, Oral History, Oral Traditions, Queer Theory, Political Economy, Anthropology, Autonomy, Translation Theory
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 102 | First-Year Composition |
| ENG 102 | First-Year Composition |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |