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SUMMARY:Sonia Nimr's "Thunderbird": Book Launch & Teacher Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join this online launch event of Thunderbird\, a YA fantasy adventure featuring a young Palestinian girl who must save the world. Participate in an author/translator discussion with Sonia Nimr and Marcia Lynx Qualey\, see lessons written for the book\, and get a copy of the book!
URL:https://arablit.org/event/sonia-nimrs-thunderbird-book-launch-teacher-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Radical Books Collective: 'The Book of Queens' by Joumana Haddad
DESCRIPTION:Friendly discussion about the novel\, The Books of Queens. The writer Joumana Haddad will join us for the final half hour to chat with participants. Published by Interlink Books. This book club is organized by the Radical Books Collective in collaboration with The Markaz Review. \nDiscussion hosted by Bhakti Shringarpure
URL:https://arablit.org/event/radical-books-collective-the-book-of-queens-by-joumana-haddad/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220608T120000
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SUMMARY:Independent and Alternative Archives in the Arab World
DESCRIPTION: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.” For more information\, and to view recorded lectures from the last season\, see our page on MELA’s website (https://bit.ly/MELASJSeries). \nFor the last two decades\, the Arab world has seen an emergence of alternative archival initiatives and practices that operate between and outside traditional sites of knowledge production\, namely the fields of cinema\, art\, academia\, and civil society. These endeavors have come about not only in response to the need to document recent histories\, but also due to the challenges of doing historical research\, particularly research on the twentieth century\, as well as in response to the insufficiency of or dissatisfaction with existing official and national narratives and histories. \nThese initiatives\, endeavors\, and practices produce new narratives and alternative or imaginative histories of current and past times. Responding to and resisting dominant\, state-centered histories and discourses\, those behind these projects actively claim agency over histories through these independent\, grassroots endeavors. At the same time\, these independent initiatives are fragile and operate in precarious spaces with numerous challenges. The presentation will share a range of these independent archives/initiatives and ask about ways in which transnational and collective work can offer stability\, even if momentarily.
URL:https://arablit.org/event/independent-and-alternative-archives-in-the-arab-world/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220608T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220608T183000
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SUMMARY:Reclaiming Palestinian Narratives in A Loveless World\, with Susan Abulhawa
DESCRIPTION:“Reclaiming Narratives in A Loveless World” chaired by Susan Abulhawa — Visualizing Palestine\, Makan & Al Shabaka Joint Campaign\nThis talk will take place on Wednesday 8th June 2022 at 5.00pm BST (12.00pm EST / 7.00pm Palestine time). The talk will last 1 hour and 15 minutes. \nAs part of the Threads of the Movement for Palestinian Liberation Joint Fundraising Campaign\, VP\, Makan & Al Shabaka present: ‘Reclaiming Narratives in A Loveless World’ with  award-winning author Susan Abulhawa. \nThe discourse on Palestine has been shifting in different directions since the turn of the 20th century\, marked by decades of struggle and labour by Palestinians and their allies. And as Palestinians came together last June under the banner of the Unity Intifada\, forming a collective front against Israel’s ongoing colonisation\, we witnessed in real time some of these ongoing shifts in the conversation. This shared moment helped to highlight the inaccuracy of the mainstream narrative and the international community’s refusal to acknowledge the lived experience of Palestinians or the realities of Israel’s apartheid and settler colonial regime. As a result\, the usual mantra of a conflict between two equal sides was increasingly being called into question. Yet\, while a more grounded understanding of Israel’s policies and practices is starting to enter the mainstream across North America & Europe\, much work remains to fully reclaim the narrative to one that upholds freedom\, justice and equality for all. \nIn 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. \nSusan Abulhawa is a Palestinian American writer and human rights activist. She is the author of the international best-selling novel\, Mornings in Jenin\, and the founder of the NGO\, Playgrounds for Palestine. Against the Loveless World\, her third novel\, was released in August 2020 to critical acclaim. \nAline Batarseh joined Visualizing Palestine in July 2021 as Executive Director. She is a community organizer\, activist and development professional. She has extensive experience working with Palestinian and international nonprofits whose missions are focused on advancing social justice and equality for individuals and communities that experience systemic discrimination. \nDr Alaa Tartir is a Program and Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network\, a Senior Researcher and Academic Coordinator at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva\, Switzerland\, and a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). \nAimee Shalan is Co-Director of Makan. She is also a Trustee of Friends of Birzeit University (Fobzu)\, a policy member of the Palestinian policy network\, Al Shabaka\, and Chair of the British-Palestinian Council. Her previous roles have included: Chief Executive of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)\, Director of Friends of Birzeit University (Fobzu) and Co-founder and Director of Pressure Cooker Arts\, a not-for-profit arts and advocacy organisation. She has been a regular contributor to the Guardian and other media outlets. Aimee holds a doctorate in the Politics of Palestinian Literature. \nRegister for Free Here
URL:https://arablit.org/event/reclaiming-palestinian-narratives-in-a-loveless-world-with-susan-abulhawa/
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SUMMARY:afikra Book Club: Author Raphael Cormack
DESCRIPTION:Join afikra as they interview author Raphael Cormack on the afikra Book Club series. \n1920s Cairo: singers were pressing hit records\, dramatic troupes were springing up and cabarets were packed – a counterculture was on the rise. In bars\, hash-dens and music halls\, people of all backgrounds came together as a passionate group of artists captivated Egyptian society. \nOf these performers\, Cairo’s biggest stars were female\, and they asserted themselves on the stage like never before. Two of the most famous troupes were run by women; Badia Masabni’s dancehall became the hottest nightspot in town; pioneer of Egyptian cinema Aziza Amir made her stage debut; and legendary singer Oum Kalthoum first rose to fame. It is these women\, who knew both the opportunities and prejudices that this world offered\, who best reveal this cosmopolitan and raucous city’s secrets. \nMidnight in Cairo tells the thrilling story of Egypt’s interwar nightlife and entertainment industry through the lives of its pioneering women. Introducing an eccentric cast of characters\, it brings to life a world of revolutionary ideas and provocative art – one which laid the foundations of Arab popular culture today. It is a story of modern Cairo as we have never heard it before.
URL:https://arablit.org/event/afikra-book-club-author-raphael-cormack/
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SUMMARY:Honoring the Memory of Muthaffar Al Nawwab
DESCRIPTION: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. The event will be in person and in Arabic. Zoom option will be available: \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86720542126?pwd=OUkvRmszR3F6eWEvSUhGT05MV0xGUT09\nMeeting ID: 867 2054 2126\nPasscode: 646353\n\n\n\n\n\nThe event will be held at the ACC on Sunday\, June 12 @ 2-4 PM.\n\n\n10555 Stancliff Rd\, Houston\, TX 77099\n\nThe agenda will include:\n\n\n1- Writer and essayist Latif Adnan: Introduction\n2- Aziz Shaibani: life of Al Nawwab: A personal story\n3- Novelist Sinan Antoon: The significance of Al Nawwab on the Iraqi literary political discourse; will join from Cairo via zoom\n4- Poet and physician Fady Joudah: The poetic and revolutionary in the poetry of Al Nawwab\n\n5- Poet Raifat Al Bujairami: The legacy of Al Nawwab in the Palestinian context.\n6- Writer Jassim Al Mutair: With Al Nawwab in the prison; will join from the Netherlands via Zoom\n7- Aziz Shaibani: The Al Nawwab effect on the Iraqi songs
URL:https://arablit.org/event/honoring-the-memory-of-muthaffar-al-nawwab/
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SUMMARY:On Writing\, Motherhood and Care
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWe discuss questions of literary style through the use of photography\, poetry\, and personal writing\, as well as questions of politics through a focus on the intimate\, care work\, and how past experiences shape the future. \nThis is an inter-generational and transnational conversation: while both texts showcase place-based writing that is attentive to context\, they also transcend place and engage with a transnational feminist orientation that takes care seriously as a universal experience and as a political question. These texts are exciting examples of experimental writing and publishing\, demonstrating the power and beauty of feminist writing in our current moment. \nSpeakers: Iman Mersal\, Lola Olufemi\, and Mai Taha \nChair: Sara Salem
URL:https://arablit.org/event/on-writing-motherhood-and-care/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220614T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220614T151500
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SUMMARY:Global Arabic Humanities - Sheikh Zayed Book Award
DESCRIPTION:In its ambition to connect with wider academic audiences\, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award is organising a series of four events between April and June in collaboration with SOAS\, University of London\, famous for its commitment to and its reach in the global south. Professor Wen-chin Ouyang\, with her connections in North America\, Europe and East Asia\, will host and moderate the events\, bringing to this series an additional multilingual and cross-regional flare. The interlocutors and guests include shortlisted and invited authors\, translators\, cultural thought leaders and scholars from around the world. All events will be bilingual (Arabic/English) and online. \nPanel Discussion: \n\nProf. Wen-chin Ouyang (moderator)\nDr. Muhsin J. Al-Musawi – 2022 SZBA shortlistee for the category Arabic Culture in Other Languages\nAdam Talib – literary translator\, co-editor of Middle Eastern Literatures\, and scholar of Arabic culture\nProf. Xue Qingguo – professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University
URL:https://arablit.org/event/global-arabic-humanities-sheikh-zayed-book-award/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220615T160000
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SUMMARY:Najwa Barakat presents 'Mister N' In conversation with Luke Leafgren
DESCRIPTION: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. In a story of misadventures both comical and tragic\, modern-day Beirut is seen through the eyes of a failed writer\, the eponymous Mister N. He has left his comfortable apartment and checked himself into a hotel – he thinks. Join us (virtually) for a very special reading and conversation with Najwa and Luke\, exploring psychological metafiction\, the human condition\, and more.
URL:https://arablit.org/event/najwa-barakat-presents-mister-n-in-conversation-with-luke-leafgren/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: This Arab is Queer
DESCRIPTION: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.\nJournalist and editor Elias Jahshan will be joined by Mona Eltahawy\, Zeyn Joukhadar and Anbara Salam to share personal stories of hope\, struggle and love at this intimate launch event. We can’t wait to celebrate this important anthology that features the searingly honest and moving memoirs of eighteen queer Arab writers from around the world. \nThis is a hybrid event which will take both in person and online\, register here.
URL:https://arablit.org/event/book-launch-this-arab-is-queer/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220619T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220619T140000
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SUMMARY:Adabiyat Book Club: 'Silence is a Sense' by Layla AlAmmar
DESCRIPTION: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. The author will also join for a Q&A session. To participate\, message the organizers on Twitter or Instagram @_adabiyat_ and find more info here: https://linktr.ee/adabiyat
URL:https://arablit.org/event/adabiyat-book-club-silence-is-a-sense-by-layla-alammar/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220623
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SUMMARY:Post-Millennial MENAWA: a 2-day Interdisciplinary Conference
DESCRIPTION:A two-day interdisciplinary conference – Lancaster University (online) 21-22 June 2022 \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nThis conference examines MENAWA creative expression through innovative lenses and new critical paradigms. We identify emergent trends across literature and visual media as well as networks of production\, reception\, and circulation (pedagogy\, literary translation & criticism\, publishing) in order to illuminate new approaches to understanding creative cultural expression from these regions. To that end\, we extend beyond established analyses of such forms of art and the dominant theoretical frameworks through which to view them. \nKeynote Speakers: \nMarcia Lynx Qualey (Arablit; Arablit Quarterly) – “Cinderella’s Bloody Slipper”: How Publishers\, PR\, and Critics (Re)-Fit Arabic Literature for English Translation \nDr Aroosa Kanwal (International Islamic University of Islamabad – Pakistan) – Frozen Grief: Muslim Geographies of Invisibility and Silence \nDr Maryam Ghorbankarimi (Lancaster University) – Redefining ‘Taboos’: A Postfeminist Reading of Ida Panahandeh’s Titi (2020) \nProgramme Highlights: \nBook Spotlight: Lindsey Moore in conversation w/ Rachel Gregory Fox on two new and important texts – Post-Millennial Palestine: Literature\, Memory\, Resistance (2021) | (Re)Framing Women in Post-Millennial Afghanistan\, Pakistan\, and Iran: Remediated Witnessing in Literary\, Visual\, and Digital Media (2022) \nTranslation Roundtable: A conversation on the philosophy and practice of literary translation w/ award-winning Arabic-to-English literary translators Leri Price (Death is Hard Work; Planet of Clay) and Sawad Hussain (What Have You Left Behind?) as well as Persian-to-English translator and linguist\, Dr Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi (University of Chicago\, USA) \nYou can find the full downloadable programme here.
URL:https://arablit.org/event/post-millennial-menawa-a-2-day-interdisciplinary-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220622T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220622T130000
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SUMMARY:Radical Poetry Reading with Mona Kareem
DESCRIPTION:Mona Kareem curates the Brooklyn Rail’s 91st Radical Poetry Reading with Mirene Arsanios and Sara Elkamel. \nBased in the United States\, Mona Kareem (Kuwait\, 1987) is a poet\, translator\, and scholar. She is the author of three poetry collections\, most recently\, the trilingual chapbook Femme Ghosts(Publication Studio). She is a recipient of a 2021 NEA literary grant and a fellow at the Center for the Humanities at Tufts University. Her work appears in The Brooklyn Rail\, Michigan Quarterly Review\,and many other publications. She has held fellowships with Princeton University\, Poetry International\, the Arab American National Museum\, the Norwich Center for Writing\, and Forum Transregionale Studien. Her translations include Ashraf Fayadh’s Instructions Within and Ra’ad Abdulqadir’s Except for This Unseen Thread. \nPoet and journalist Sara Elkamel is the author of the chapbook “Field of No Justice” (African Poetry Book Fund & Akashic Books\, 2021). Her poems have appeared in Poetry Magazine\, The Yale Review\, Gulf Coast\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, The Cincinnati Review\, Poet Lore\, Poetry London\, Best New Poets 2020\, Best of the Net 2020\, among others. She holds an MA in arts journalism from Columbia University and an MFA in poetry from New York University. She lives between her hometown Cairo and NYC. \nMirene Arsanios is the author of the short story collection\, The City Outside the Sentence (Ashkal Alwan\, 2015)\, and more recently\, Notes on Mother Tongues (UDP\, 2020). She has contributed essays and short stories to e-flux journal\, Vida\, The Brooklyn Rail\, LitHub\, and Guernica\, among others. Arsanios co-founded the collective 98weeks Research Project in Beirut and is the founding editor of Makhzin\, a bilingual English/Arabic magazine for innovative writing. With Rachel Valinsky\, she coordinated the Friday nights reading series at the Poetry Project from 2017-19. Her next book\, The Autobiography of a Language\, is forthcoming with Futurepoem (2021). \nSign up and find out more here.
URL:https://arablit.org/event/radical-poetry-reading-with-mona-kareem/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Beirut:20220622T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Beirut:20220622T180000
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SUMMARY:afikra Conversations: Author Shahd Alshammari
DESCRIPTION:Join afikra as they interview academic\, author & researcher of illness narratives and disability studies (and ALQ contributor) Shahd Alshammari on the afikra Conversations series. \nDr Shahd Alshammari is a Kuwaiti-Palestinian author and academic. She is the author of Head Above Water (Neem Tree Press\, 2022). Alshammari teaches literature and has written numerous stories and creative nonfiction. Her research areas include illness narratives and disability studies. She is Assistant Professor of English at the Gulf University for Science and Technology\, Kuwait. She has authored an academic monograph\, Literary Madness in British\, Postcolonial\, and Bedouin Women’s Writing (2016). Her collection of short stories Notes on the Flesh (2017) is a biomythography that deals with gender\, race and disability in Kuwait. In 2019\, she was nominated for the British Council Alumni Awards – Social Impact. In 2021 she won Outstanding Monograph of the Year from the National Communication Association’s (NAC).
URL:https://arablit.org/event/afikra-conversations-author-shahd-alshammari/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220629T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220629T200000
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SUMMARY:Banipal Book Club: 'The Book Smuggler\,' by Omaima al-Khamis (tr. Sarah Enany)
DESCRIPTION:Banipal Book Club will be discussing The Book Smuggler by Omaima al-Khamis\, translated by Sarah Enany. The meeting will be on Zoom. Just email bookclub@banipal.co.uk to register to join.
URL:https://arablit.org/event/banipal-book-club-the-book-smuggler-by-omaima-al-khamis-tr-sarah-enany/
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