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  • Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies

    This annual exploratory and informal workshop offers the opportunity to reflect on history writing in Arabic. This year, three days of the workshop will be held online and only Day 2 will be in person at the Aga Khan Centre, London. We hope to welcome newcomers to the workshop and to encourage a lively discussion. The programme is exciting as ever, with 25 papers treating history writing from the eighth century up to the present.

  • TURATH 2021: Arab American Theater

    Join this event organized by the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies for a rich and engaging conversation with Arab American playwrights, theater actors, and producers.

  • A Paper Trail Across the Lands of Islam

    "Paper, perhaps the most common manufactured item in everyday use, was invented in China over 2,000 years ago. One thousand years later, Muslims learned of it after they conquered Central Asia in the early eighth century. They quickly carried it and the techniques of manufacturing it across Eurasia and Northern Africa to the shores of the Atlantic."

  • Writing Fiction in the Arab World Today

    Bilal Orfali interviews the Lebanese novelist Rachid El Daif about current challenges and the future of Arabic novels for the AGYA alumni lecture series.

  • Mizna 22.1 Virtual Launch

    Join Mizna in launching the summer 2021 issue of their magazine, featuring readings by Hassan Saby, Maya Salameh, Nardine Taleb and Rania Mamoun.