MENAWA Reading Group: ‘Planet of Clay’ by Samar Yazbek
Join MENAWAPoco's April 2022 virtual book discussion, of Samar Yazbek's 'Planet of Clay' (tr. Leri Price) at 5pm UK time.
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The Markaz Review: Novelist Rabih Alameddine in conversation with Dima Alzayat
Rabih Alameddine, winner of the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for his latest novel, The Wrong End of the Telescope, will be in conversation with short story author Dima Alzayat (Alligator & Other Stories) for The Markaz Review, on Friday, May 6, 2 pm ET (19:00 UK). Zoom participants will be able to jot down their questions […]
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Adabiyat Book Club: Maha Gargash’s ‘That Other Me’
Join Adabiyat's May 2022 virtual book club! They will be discussing Emirati author Maha Gargash's novel 'That Other Me' on May 15 at 12 pm EST.
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The Englishing of Hisham Bustani’s ‘Monotonous Chaos’
Author Hisham Bustani, translator maia tabet, publisher Michael B. Tager, and scholar Pete Moore talk translation, its politics, and more.
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MENAWA Reading Group: ‘Passage to the Plaza’ by Sahar Khalifeh
Join MENAWAPoco's May 2022 virtual book discussion, of Sahar Khalifeh's 'Passage to the Plaza' (tr. Sawad Hussain) at 5pm UK time.
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The Markaz Review BookGroup: Ali Al-Muqri’s ‘The Handsome Jew’
The Handsome Jew is a challenging and provocative novel that urges/ invites Muslims and Jews to contemplate themselves and the way they see the other through a doomed love story. […]
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The Markaz Review BookGroup: Mai Al-Nakib’s ‘An Unlasting Home’
When you live in a conservative society, you run the risk of censure. How far should a philosophy professor stick her neck out to make a point? Would you put it all […]
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AGYA Salon with Muhsin al-Ramli − Iraq, Dreams, and Expression
The new event series ‘AGYA Literary Salon’ hosts both established and emerging Arab and German authors to discuss their literary careers, visions, and latest works. The Salon especially aims to introduce new literary talents and unknown texts to the public, presenting new thoughts, expressing human values, and providing a source for inspiration. The second Salon […]
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AGYA Salon with Maha Hassan − War, Writing, and Freedom
The new event series ‘AGYA Literary Salon’ hosts both established and emerging Arab and German authors to discuss their literary careers, visions, and latest works. The Salon especially aims to […]
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The Gifts of Movement | Transformative Migrations in the Digital Age: Saïd Khatibi and Amara Lakhous in conversation with Alexander Elinson
Saïd Khatibi is a novelist, travel writer, translator, and cultural journalist, born in 1984 in Bou Saâda, Algeria. He writes in Arabic and French and translates between both. He has […]
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WORK—a TMR Roundtable Conversation With 5 Writers
Join The Markaz Review for a spirited roundtable with Iason Athanasiadis • Ahmed Awadalla • Nashwa Nasreldin • Meera Santhanam • Anis Shivani & moderator Jordan Elgrably, in a conversation […]
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An Unlasting Home Author Mai Al-Nakib in Conversation with Katie Dancey-Downs
In 2013, Kuwait’s parliament authorised a law that made blasphemy a capital crime. Although this decision was successfully vetoed by the Emir of Kuwait, it highlighted the precarious sanctity of […]