GERMANY
Sep 25, 2010 01:00 PM
New Kids on the Blog - Young Arab Literature on the Internet. with Ghazi Gheblawi, Hassan Blasim, Sudanese thinker and Ghada Mohamed Mahmoud
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GERMANY
"Madman of Freedom Square"
Lesung aus Hassan Balasims Buch „Madman of Freedom Square“ (2009) (Arabisch mit englischer Übersetzung) im Rahmen der Reihe "Rethinking Iraq – Analysen, Visionen, Neuanfänge"
Zeit: 05.11.2009 18:15 h
Ort: CNMS, Deutschhausstr. 12, Hörsaal 00 A26
Referent/Beteiligte:
Hassan Balasim (Helsinki)
Weitere Informationen:
Veranstalter:
Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien (CNMS)
Kontakt:
Dr. Leslie Tramontini
Tel.: +49-(0)6421-28-24946E-Mail
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London
Fridat 23rd Oct.
Calder Bookshop. 51 The Cut, London SE1 8LF, Tel. +44 (0)20 7620 2900.
7pm. Free.
Manchester
Saturday 24th Oct.
The Friends Meeting House, 4.30pm. £5/£3.
Part of the Manchester Literature Festival's Short Weekend.
More info and booking information here. To book call: 08432 080 500
liverpool
Arabic Poetry & Fiction Reading:
Sun 19 July, 1pm the Bluecoat Free – booking required To book please visit http://www.thebluecoat.org/ or call
Tickets and Information on 0151 702 5324
A fascinating event with two exciting Arabic authors, Hassan Blasim and Joumana Haddad, who will read from and discuss their work in the company of Ra Page of Comma Press, publisher of Madinah: City Stories from the Middle East.
Hassan Blasim was born in Baghdad in 1973.
As well as director of numerous short films and one Kurdish feature film, Hassan is a poet and short story writer with work published in various magazines, websites and anthologies. He is co-editor of the Arabic literary website www.iraqstory.com. His first full short story collection, the madman of freedom square, is launched by Comma Press this July.
Joumana Haddad was born in 1970 in Beirut. She is a poet, translator and journalist and head of the cultural pages in the prestigious An Nahar newspaper, as well as administrator of the IPAF Literary Prize (often referred to as the ‘Arab Booker’) and editor-in-chief of Jasad, an Arabic cultural magazine specialising in literature and art of the body. She has published several widely acclaimed
