Amir Issaa Brings “Power to the Words” Tour to UW–Madison

At UW-Madison Amir Issaa held writing workshops in Italian for students enrolled in Italian 102 and Italian 203 class

Amir Issaa (Egyptian-Italian Hip-hop Artist, Writer, Educator) was on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Monday March 3rd, 2025 during his “Potere alle Parole-Vivo per Questo / Power to the Words-This is What I Live For” US Tour 2025 (the tour includes also lectures, workshops and concerts at Berkeley, Stanford, the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco, University of Illinois-Chicago, Stony Brook University, NYU and other institutions).

Amir Issaa With participants during Tour to UW-Madison

At UW–Madison Amir Issaa held writing workshops in Italian for students enrolled in Italian 102 (two classes) and Italian 203 (one class), a public talk (in English) entitled “Power to the Words: A Conversation with Amir Issaa” (with Prof. Grazia Menechella) open to all, and a presentation/conversation (in Italian) entitled “Vivo per Questo: Potere alle Parole” open to upper level Italian undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty.

These events were co-sponsored by the Department of French and Italian, the Center for European Studies, and the Italian Club at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the Italian Cultural Institute and Italian Consulate in Chicago.