Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller: an online event with Nadia Wassef
Join an evening with Nadia Wassef to discuss brilliant new memoir CHRONICLES OF A CAIRO BOOKSELLER. Nadia will be in conversation with Will Smith, a bookseller at Sam Read’s, on […]
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afikra Book Club: Sahar Mustafah
Join us as we interview author, Sahar Mustafah, who authored many books including The Beauty of Your Face, which will be the focus for this Book Club episode. The daughter […]
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AGYA Salon with Muhsin al-Ramli − Iraq, Dreams, and Expression
The new event series ‘AGYA Literary Salon’ hosts both established and emerging Arab and German authors to discuss their literary careers, visions, and latest works. The Salon especially aims to […]
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Zeina Hashem Beck and Farnaz Fatemi reading and in conversation
Wednesday OCT 12 6:00–7:30 PM PST at The Poetry Center Humanities 512, San Francisco State University co-presented by The Poetry Center and Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, SF State free […]
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Celebrating less translated languages and literatures: In conversation with Hend Saeed and Mark Baczoni
Over the last two decades, the term less translated languages has emerged to describe languages that are less often the source of translation in the international exchange of linguistic goods, […]
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Hanan Hammad: “Layla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt”
Professor Hammad discusses the life and legacy of Layla Murad, one of the most beloved and remembered Arab singing stars in the twentieth century, to analyze politics of sexuality, ethnicity, […]
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The Gifts of Movement | Transformative Migrations in the Digital Age: Saïd Khatibi and Amara Lakhous in conversation with Alexander Elinson
Saïd Khatibi is a novelist, travel writer, translator, and cultural journalist, born in 1984 in Bou Saâda, Algeria. He writes in Arabic and French and translates between both. He has […]
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Panel Discussion: Contemporary Arabic Literature and Literary Translation
This panel will discuss contemporary Arabic literature and literary translation published in the last dozen years, particularly following the onset of the ‘Arab Spring’. Distinguished international writers, translators and researchers […]
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MENAWA Book Club: Noor Naga’s “If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English”
Lancaster Uni's MENAWA Book Club will have their first meeting of the fall season on October 20, 5 pm UK time, to discuss Noor Naga's If An Egyptian Cannot Speak […]