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Events
2013
8-10 April
Authors round table and book signing, Fourth Annual Translation Conference, Translating and Interpreting Institute, and Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, Doha, Qatar
11 April
Teaching an intensive one-day workshop entitled, ‘Lost and Gained in Literary Translation’,Translating and Interpreting Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
10 March
‘Feminism and the Middle East’ panel discussion, led by author Ahdaf Soueif, Women of the World Festival 2013, SouthBank Centre, London, Britain
9 March
Fiction from Art: creative writing masterclass, The Mosaic Rooms, London, Britain
15 February
‘Bluebells for England: Writing the post-colonial space’,‘She Who Tells A Story: Narratives of Creativity by Women from the Middle East’ symposium, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, Britain
8 February
‘Syria In Conflict’, round table discussion, Durham University, Durham, Britain
2012
6 December
‘Life of Writing’. English Department, Newcastle University, Newcastle, Britain
1 December
Novel Writing Workshop, Selby Arts Festival, Selby, Britain
5-13 November
LECTURE TOUR OF GERMANY. Talks in Berlin, Tubingen, Karlsruhe and Leipzig. (Please Check internet for more details)
26 October
Chairing Dr Amal Al-Malki’s book launch at the Durham Book Festival, St Aidan’s College, Durham University, Durham, Britain
24 October
BBC World Service’s ideas discussion programme The Forum with Australian author and playwright Thomas Keneally and Turkish historian Taner Akcem
4 October
Spoke to BBC World Service’s daily arts programme The Strand on Arabic translation of Fifty Shades of Grey
13 May
A talk in Ghor il-Mazra’a, a village south of the Dead Sea, Jordan. The visit was organised by Zikra Initiative
9 May
Key Reading and Q&A at American University, Madaba, Jordan
8 May
'Gendering the Arab Spring', Jordan Media Institute, Amman, Jordan
6 May
'Bluebells for England', Guest of Honour and Keynote Speaker, at Inking and Thinking conference, The English Dept, University of Jordan Amman, Jordan
30 April
Reading and book signing, Translation and Interpreting Institute, Translation in and of the World conference, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
27 April,
Masterclass: The Craft of Writing Fiction - Flesh Made Word, Translation and Interpreting Institute, Qatar Foundation Education City, Doha, Qatar
24 April
'Granada: Migrations, Hybridity and Transcultural Encounters', keynote Speech at Fast English: English Language and Literature in a Globlized World Conference, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait, Kuwait
2011
12 February
Key reading, Imagining Islamism: Literature, Film and Politics in the Arab World, Storey Creative Industries Centre, Lancaster, UK
11 May
Talk entitled 'Arab Women Democrats without Democracy? The Role of Women in Arab Uprisings', Gender, Separatism and Extremism Workshop, The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
29 May
Join panel discussion on role of author in Arab uprising, DublinWriters Festival, Dublin, Ireland
13 October
Talk at Frankland (HM Prison), Brasside, Co. Durham, UK
18 October
A scripted reading, 'Writing Freedom' With Pat Barker, Jean 'Binat' Breeze, Tony Williams and Janette Jenkins, Chapter House, Durham Cathedral, Durham, UK
28 October
'Is the Arab Spring Leaving Women in the cold?', 'Gendering the Arab Spring' workshop, Warwick University, Coventry, UK
14 November
Creative Writing workshop at St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester, UK
13 December
Lecture and discussion of my novel My Name is Salma at Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith, London, UK
2010
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
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
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
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
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