ALQ contributor Shahd Alshammari will be in conversation with Archna Sharma (Neem Tree Press) about her new memoir ‘Head Above Water’.
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The Sheikh Zayed Book Award and SOAS are organising an event on "Children’s Literature as World Literature" featuring Raja Malah, Charlotte Eyre, and Pam Dix, moderated by Prof. Wen-chin Ouyang. |
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Join this online launch event of Sonia Nimr's "Thunderbird", a YA fantasy adventure featuring a young Palestinian girl who must save the world.
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Friendly discussion about the novel, 'The Books of Queens,' by Joumana Haddad, hosted by Bhakti Shringarpure. |
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This lecture with Kristine Khouri is part of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) Social Justice Lecture Series 2021-2022 season, "⸮Neutral / حياد / بی طرف / tarafsız?: Heritage, Colonialism and Diversity in Middle East Libraries and Archives."
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In this talk, novelist and human rights activist Susan Abulhawa will join with Alaa Tartir of Al-Shabaka, Aline Batarseh of Visualizing Palestine and Aimee Shalan of Makan, to discuss the history and context of the changing perceptions of the Palestinian struggle, what happens when the concept of ‘neutrality’ is disputed, why narrative shifts matter, and how — in an increasingly loveless world — they feed into the wider liberation movement. |
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Join afikra as they interview author Raphael Cormack on the afikra Book Club series. |
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The Arab-American Educational Foundation invites you to a special event to honor the legacy of the Iraqi poet, Muthaffar Al Nawwab, who passed away on May 20, 2022. |
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This conversation is about two feminist texts, "How to Mend: Motherhood and its Ghosts" by Iman Mersal and "Experiments in Imagining Otherwise" by Lola Olufemi, both of which explore care, intimacy and politics. |
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The Sheikh Zayed Book Award and SOAS are organising an event on "Global Arabic Humanities" featuring Dr. Muhsin J. Al-Musawi, Adam Talib, and Prof. Xue Qingguo, moderated by Prof. Wen-chin Ouyang. |
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Greenlight Bookstore is delighted to welcome to our virtual stage luminous author and translators Najwa Barakat and Luke Leafgren to celebrate their joint achievement in the English translation of Mister N, newly published by And Other Stories. |
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Bishopsgate Institute are hosting Saqi Books, celebrating the release of their ground-breaking new collection, This Arab is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers. |
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Adabiyat Book Club will meet on Sunday, June 19 at 12 pm EST via Zoom to discuss Layla AlAmmar's novel Silence is a Sense. |
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1 event,This conference, taking place online on June 21 and 22, examines MENAWA creative expression through innovative lenses and new critical paradigms. |
3 events,Mona Kareem curates the Brooklyn Rail's 91st Radical Poetry Reading with Mirene Arsanios and Sara Elkamel.
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Join afikra as they interview academic, author & researcher of illness narratives and disability studies Shahd Alshammari on the afikra Conversations series. |
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Banipal Book Club will be discussing The Book Smuggler by Omaima al-Khamis, translated by Sarah Enany. |
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1 event,The 2022 Safar Film Festival will take place from July 1–17, with many films also streaming on their website. |
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