4 February
Talk at Frankland High Security Prison, Brasside, County Durham
23 February
Talk to students of Creative Writing, The English Department, Newcastle University, Newcastle
5-10 March
Launch of Danish Translation of My Name is Salma. Several events including a Q&A with journalist Pernille Bramming on 9 March at Tranqubar Book Cafe, Copenhagen.
16 April
Keynote - Interviewed by Dr Claire Chambers, Postcolonialism and Islam Conference, University of Sunderland
2-6 June
Talk (with author Hisham Matar), Radius of Arab American Writers National Conference, Palmer Commns, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
12 October
'Muslim Women's Autonomy and Inheritance Rights', School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham
Calendar 2009
18 February
A talk on my writing journey, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Cambridge University
25 September
First meeting of Durham Divan, a forum for published authors based in the North-East of England, St Aidan’s College, Durham University
10 December
Keynote speech, Interdisplinary Workshop: Arab Women Writers in Diaspora: Horizons of Dialogue, University of Manchester
Calendar 2008
23 January,
Speaking to members of the local book club, Hovingham, North Yorkshire
5 April
A talk on transcultural writing and a reading, Hay Festival Alhambra, Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain
7April
Launch of paperback of My Name is Salma, Transworld Publishers, London
13 April
A talk to celebrate National Book Start Day, Durham Market Place
April 22
Launch of paperback of My Name is Salma, St Mary’s College, Durham University, Durham
April 30
Asian Women Writers event, Redbridge Book & Media Festival, Ilford, London
May 1st
Talk, Trans-Scriptions 3: Memory, Mood, and 'Multicultural' Britain, Centre for Transcultural Writing and Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster
2 May
Interviewed live for Women's Hour, BBC Radio 4
2 June
Talk on women in Islam, Café Culture, World Headquarters, Newcastle
5 June
Reading for Lisan Magazine, Basel, Switzerland
13 July
Reading and Talk, Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival, The Bluecoat
17-22 September
Guest of Honour, 74th World Congress of International Pen, Bogota, Colombia
15 September
‘In the Language of the Other’, Dept of Literature and Humanities, University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
Calendar 2007
15-19 April
London Book Fair
8 May
Launch of My Name is Salma in London
18 May
Reading at Books and More Bookshop, 135 Bradford Road, Shipley, UK, part of Bradford Book Festival
May 31
Attending the launch of the Centre for Transnational Writing and Research, Dept of English and Creative Writing, University of Lancaster
8 June
Giving a talk entitled, ‘Lost in Translation: the Arab Book in the Language of the Other’, ‘Who’s Afraid of World Literature(s)?’ Seminar, Percy Building, Newcastle University, organised by The Northern Association for Postcolonial Studies
21 June
'Shahrazad Strip-Searched', The Human rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, part of Writing Resistance: The Literature of Exile seminar
1-4 July
Paris to meet the press and promote Mon Nom est Salma, Edition Liana Levi
8 September
Meeting the Amman Creative Writing Group (Organised by Sally Bland)
10 September
Launching My Name is Salma, University Bookshop, Monday 6 pm. (Organised and hosted by Lina Qutub)
11 September
A visit to the Royal Film Commission of Jordan. Lunch with the general manager Pernilla Frykholm.
12 September
Meeting the Amman Creative Writing Group at Maha Abu-Ayyash’s workshop/gallery
6 October
Reading at the Durham Literary Festival, the Studio, the Gala Theatre, Durham
7 October
Reading at the Low Newton Women’s Prison (organised by Wendy Robertson, writer in residence, and Avril Joy, Head of Learning and Skills at Low Newton Prison)
6 November
Reading for the Living Room Book Club, The Living Room Bar, 12 Grey Street, Newcastle