Tribute in Memory of Humphrey Taman Davies (1947–2021)
AUC Press is holding a memorial for translator Humphrey Taman Davies (1947–2021) that will also be livestreamed via Facebook.
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Sonic Labor: Female Cine-workers and the First Talkies in Cairo and Bombay
On March 4 at 1:30 pm, join on Zoom to hear Claire Cooley discuss her latest research on "Sonic Labor: Female Cine-workers and the First Talkies in Cairo and Bombay."
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Sketching/Scripting Women – Women and Comics in the Arab World
The Spring 2022 seminar in the ‘Sketching/Scripting Women’ series of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing will explore the work of Francophone female graphic novelists from the Arab World.
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Edward Said Memorial Lecture “The Peregrinations of Memory: The Case of Palestine.”
Writer and Lawyer Raja Shehadeh will hold this year's Edward Said Memorial Lecture, entitled The Peregrinations of Memory: The Case of Palestine.
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International Women’s Day: Layla AlAmmar, Edna Adan Ismail, and Etaf Rum
Authors Etaf Rum and Layla AlAmmar, and woman’s rights activist Edna Adan Ismail, discuss their books, their favourite female artists and the women that inspire them.
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afikra Book Club: Kareem James Abu-Zeid
Join this interview with translator Kareem James Abu-Zeid about his translations of Rabee Jaber's novel Confessions and poet Najwan Darwish's collection Exhausted on the Cross as part of the afikra Book Club series.
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Khaled Khalifa: Writing in the Time of War
Khaled Khalifa will deliver the 2022 Banipal Visiting Writer Fellowship annual lecture on "Writing in the Time of War." He will be speaking about his own experience and reading from his novel Death is Hard Work.
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afikra Conversations: Lina Mounzer
Join this interview with writer Lina Mounzer as part of the afikra Conversations series.
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Lancaster Litfest: Layla AlAmmar & Leila Aboulela, with Lindsey Moore
Kuwaiti-American author Layla AlAmmar and Sudanese-British writer Leila Aboulela read and discuss their fiction with Dr Lindsey Moore of Lancaster University.