Hoda Barakat: Lost Voices of the Arab Spring @edbookfest
In this event the acclaimed Lebanese writer Hoda Barakat discusses her new novel, translated into English by International Booker-winning translator Marilyn Booth.
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Samar Yazbek: Escapism for Survival @edbookfest
Leading Syrian author Samar Yazbek joins the Edinburgh International Book Festival live from France to discuss the vital role of the imagination in the struggle for survival.
Iman Mersal: The Limits and Pleasures of Egyptian Womanhood @edbookfest
Iman Mersal discusses her astounding novel, contemporary Egyptian womanhood, and how translation takes words ‘to new languages and homes’ with poet and writer Mona Kareem.
