Banipal Book Club – ‘Sarajevo Firewood’
Join the Banipal Book Club for a discussion of 'Sarajevo Firewood' by Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi, featuring its translator Paul Starkey.
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Book Launch + Conversation: Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s ‘You Have Not Yet Been Defeated’
To mark the publication of 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated' by Alaa Abd El-Fattah, the event features recorded and live readings by writers Naomi Klein and Ahdaf Soueif, poet Seán Hewitt and sociologist-activist Ronit Lentin as well as a discussion between Annie Fletcher, director of IMMA and Hussein Omar, historian of political ideas.
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Translating the Nights with Yasmine Seale
Join "Evenings with an Author" (in person and online) to discuss a new translation of the "Arabian Nights" by award-winning poet and translator Yasmine Seale.
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Bethlehem Cultural Festival: Writing of Palestinian Fiction
How do authors write in English about Palestine? How can they reach a global audience? Ahmed Masoud, Selma Dabbagh, Nayrouz Qarmout and Naema Aldaqsha discuss their work from London and Gaza.
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Gastropolitics, Gastropoetics: Celebrating Radical Cookbooks
A cookbook is not just a cookbook. Join us for a celebration of five exciting new books that use recipes to revolutionize our relationship to cooking and eating.
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Beidth al Tbeet: Deconstructing the political history of an Iraqi Jewish meal
In this workshop, siblings Sam and Annabel Rabiyah, will uplift stories of cultural displacement, untold political memory, and anti-Zionist resistance through an Iraqi-Jewish lens.
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Adabiyat Book Club: ‘The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga’ by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Join Adabiyat Book Club for a virtual discussion of 'The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga' by Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Larry Siems.
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Trans/Formations of Arabic Literary Theory: Prospects and Limits
Join this (virtual) conference on Arabic literary theory, hosted at Columbia University.
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New Frontiers for Arabic Literature & Translation
This special event taking place as part of the Dubai Expo is for literary translators, publishers, writers and other professionals involved in Arabic literature and translation.