Adab Colloquium: Enass Khansa
The Queen of Sorcerers and Thirteen Anonymous Tales on Love With Presenter Enass Khansa, Asst. Professor & Chair of Dept. of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages, American University of Beirut […]
1001 Nights
The Enduring Legacies of the Arabian Nights: in conversation with Muhsin Al-Musawi
We would like to invite you to the free-to-attend online event ‘The Enduring Legacies of the Arabian Nights: in conversation with Muhsin Al-Musawi organised by King’s College London and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) taking place on Wednesday 6 July at 6pm BST.
Reading the Arabian Nights
Elias Muhanna speaks with editor Paulo Lemos Horta, translator Yasmine Seale, and speculative fiction writer S. A. Chakraborty about the new translation of the 1001 Nights. Plus, a special reading by actor Marjan Neshat.
Storytellers of the 1001 Nights: A Conversation with Paulo Horta
“In English we have far fewer translations of the Nights than we might imagine.”
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.
The Arabian Nights and its Afterlives: Yasmine Seale in Conversation
Join the Brooklyn Institute on Tuesday, November 23rd, as they welcome poet and translator Yasmine Seale for a wide-ranging discussion of the aesthetics, poetics, and politics of the “Arabian Nights”.
The Arab Feminist Gothics – From 1001 Nights to Nawal El Saadawi
In this talk, Roxanne Douglas will sketch how contemporary Arab feminist writers draw on literary histories such as the 1001 Nights and local folklore to write in a localised version of feminist Gothic tropes.
The Pillow Talk and its Outcome: Approaching the Nights with Yasmine Seale
The Comparative Literature Luncheon Lecture Series presents: “The Pillow Talk and its Outcome: Approaching the Nlghts” by Yasmine Seale (British-Syrian Writer) Yasmine Seale is a British-Syrian writer. She lives in […]
‘Conceptions of Justice in the 1001 Nights’
“We do not bring medieval works to light, when we read them, we are creating them anew with every interpretation. So today, my reading is one of many.”
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