EMERGING ARAB VOICES

Organisation: The Mosaic Rooms

Time: 24 February 2011 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Place: The Mosaic Rooms, 226 Cromwell Road, London SW5

The Mosaic Rooms Presents:

EMERGING ARAB VOICES

PANEL DISCUSSION

CELEBRATING THE VERY BEST OF CONTEMPORARY ARABIC FICTION.

In November 2009, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction organised a workshop, or nadwa, for eight critically-acclaimed writers from Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The result was eight pieces of new writing, which have now been published by Saqi Books as Emerging Arab Voices.

To celebrate the UK publication of the book, the Mosaic Rooms will host a panel discussion to explore the creativity of this younger generation of Arab writers and the importance of translation in cross-cultural understanding. The speakers are three authorities on Arabic fiction:

Peter Clark, coordinator of the nadwa and editor of Emerging Arab Voices;
Maya Jaggi, award-winning cultural journalist;
Professor Paul Starkey, translator and Head of the Arabic Department at the University of Durham.

At a time of great upheaval across the Middle East, this volume of writing gives a fascinating insight into the themes that concern the younger generations of the Arab World.

Click here for more information on the book.

Thursday 24 February 2011 | 18:30-20:00

The Mosaic Rooms
A.M. Qattan Foundation
226 Cromwell Road
London
SW5 0SW

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