Adabiyat Book Club: Fadia Faqir’s “Pillars of Salt”
Join Adabiyat's February 2022 virtual book club! They will be discussing Jordanian author Fadia Faqir's novel "Pillars of Salt" on February 20 at 12 pm EST.
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Manchester in Translation
This February, Comma Press will host a series of free online workshops and talks offering advice and insight into the world of translation. The third instalment of Manchester in Translation will be an opportunity for budding translators to develop practical skills for literary translation, learn about the intersection between writing and translation, and consider translation as a political tool.
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Tomorrow: Futures of Resistance
Tomorrow: Futures of Resistance is a virtual panel on Arab and Palestinian Futurism, organized by the PYM, and co-sponsored by RAWI and Palestine Writes.
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Banipal Book Club: Shahla Ujayli’s ‘A Bed for the King’s Daughter’
The Banipal Book Club will be discussing Shahla Ujyali's 'A Bed for the King's Daughter', tr. Sawad Hussain, on Wednesday, February 23.
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The Politics of Home: Lina Meruane and Nadia Owusu in Conversation
Writers Lina Meruane and Nadia Owusu will be in conversation on "The Politics of Home" for the University of Notre Dame "Literatures of Annihilation, Exile, & Resistance" series.
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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.