Events

  • Jun092026

    Notes From a Lost Country – Book Launch

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    Join Saqi Books and the Arab British Centre to welcome celebrated Iraqi poet, novelist, translator and scholar Sinan Antoon. Sinan…

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  • May142026

    An Evening With Hala Alyan

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    Join us for an evening of poetry and conversation celebrating the work of Pulitzer Prize–nominated Palestinian novelist, memoirist and poet Hala…

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  • May052026

    MEET THE BÀRD: HALA ALYAN

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    Join author Hala Alyan in conversation with Olivia Sudjic at Bàrd Books as part of their MEET THE BÀRD series.…

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  • May052026

    Motherhood, War, Exile with Hala Alyan – ILF Dublin 2026

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    Palestinian-American writer Hala Alyan draws on her family’s multiple displacements across generations and her life experiences in her rich and…

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  • Feb182026

    ActforPal Webinar: Archiving in the Present – Power and Threat

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    The need to record and witness in times of destruction, disappearance and elimination has become most visibly evident in Israel’s…

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  • Jan052026

    ‘Archiving Gaza in the Present’: Art, Memory, Erasure

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    This event will mark the publication of the book Archiving Gaza in the Present, co-edited by Professor Dina Matar and Dr…

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  • Nov252025

    Book Launch: Archiving Gaza in the Present: Memory, Culture and Erasure

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    Join us for an evening celebrating the publication of Archiving Gaza in the Present, edited by Dina Matar and Venetia…

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  • Oct102025

    Gilbert Achcar in discussion at SOAS

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    Join us for a discussion with Gilbert Achcar, a foremost expert on the Middle East, and author of The Gaza…

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  • Oct092025

    The Gaza Catastrophe: Gilbert Achcar in conversation

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    Blackwell’s Manchester are thrilled to welcome Professor Gilbert Achcar where he will be in conversation with Professor Ian Parker (University…

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  • Sep092025

    Book Launch & Signing: Babylon, Albion

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    Calling our US friends – come and celebrate the US release of Babylon, Albion: A Personal History of Myth and…

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  • Aug212025

    Festival of Encounters 2025: Dalia Al-Dujaili

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    As part of this year’s Festival of Encounters, join us on Sunday, September 14 from 2pm – 3pm for a…

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  • Aug202025

    This Queer Arab Family Launch at Gay’s the Word

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    Join us at Gay’s The Word bookshop from 7:30pm on 18 September to celebrate This Queer Arab Family – a…

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