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Rania Zaghir in conversation with Mohammed Salah Al Azab, Randa Jarrar, Hyam Yared and Mansour El Souwaim
The Process of Writing
Event 1 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 9.50am • Venue: Gibran Tweini School, Beirut
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Joumana Behlok in conversation with Mohammed Hassan Alwan, Yahya Amqassim, Yassin Adnan and Bassim Al Ansar
The Writers That Formed Us
Event 2 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 9.50am • Venue: Karem Zeytoun Mixed School
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Pius Hermez Elias Alibek in conversation with Nagat Ali, Abderrahim Elkhassar, Abdelaziz Errachidi and Najwan Darwish
What is the Situation of Contemporary Arabic Literature?
Event 3 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 10am • Venue: Municipal Public Library of Bachoura
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Hassan Hammad in conversation with Kamel Riahi, Hussein Al Abri, Abdellah Taia and Wajdi Al Ahdal
An Insight on New Arabic Fiction
Event 4 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 10am • Venue: Municipal Public Library of Monnot
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Nael El Toukhy in conversation with Ahmad Yamani, Samar Yazbek and Abderrazak Boukebba
Literature and Taboos
Event 5 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 10am • Venue: Lina’s Café (ABC Ashrafieh)
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Shirly El Murr in conversation with Youssef Rakha, Dima Wannous, Hala Kawtharani and Hussein Jelaad
Literature and Journalism
Event 6 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 11am • Venue: Lebanese University, DES Building, Tayouneh
Please note that this event is in Arabic
José Miguel Puerta in conversation with Hamdy El Gazzar, Abdelkader Benali, Abdullah Thabit and Mansoura Ez Eldin
The Writers That Formed Us
Event 7 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 11.15am • Venue: Municipal Public Library of Bachoura
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Mazen Maarouf in conversation with Joumana Haddad, Nazem El Sayed, Zaki Baydoun and Samer Abou Hawwash
What is the Situation of Contemporary Arabic Literature?
Event 8 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 11.15am • Venue: Municipal Public Library of Monnot
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Leila Bissat in conversation with Islam Samhan, Faiza Guene, Rosa Yassin Hassan and Ahmad Saadawi
What Do We Write About and How Do We Write About It?
Event 9 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 12pm • Venue: LAU – Business School Auditorium
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Ala Hlehel and Adania Shibli
Free the Word! meets Beirut39
Event 10 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 1pm • Venue: Free Word Centre, London
Ala Hlehel and Adania Shibli will discuss their works at the Free the Word! International PEN Festival in London.
In association with International PEN, English PEN and Bloomsbury Books
Samar Moujaes in conversation with Abdelaziz Errachidi, Hussein Al Abri, Yahya Amqassim and Wajdi Al Ajdal
What do we Write about and How do we Write about it?
Event 11 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 4pm • Venue: LAU – Business School Auditorium
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Latif Zeitouni in conversation with Nazem El Sayed, Mohammed Salah Al Azab, Bassim Al-Ansar and Kamel Riahi
What is the Situation of Contemporary Arabic Literature?
Event 12 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 4.30pm • Venue: Municipal Public Library of Geitawi
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Bassam Abou Zaid in conversation with Ahmad Saadawi, Samer Abou Hawwash, Joumana Haddad and Abderrazak Boukebba
Literature and Journalism
Event 13 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 5.30pm • Venue: Press Club
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Samuel Shimon in conversation with Mohammed Hassan Alwan, Abdullah Thabit, Mansoura Ez Eldin and Islam Samhan
What is the Situation of Contemporary Arabic Literature?
Event 14 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 6pm • Venue: Zico House
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Eric Premel in conversation with Hyam Yared, Faiza Guene, Zaki Baydoun and Abdellah Taia
The Importance of Oral Tradition in Contemporary Arabic Literature
Event 15 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 6pm • Venue: Centre Culturel Français
Please note that this event is in French
Elham Kallab in conversation with Dima Wannous, Hala Kawtharani, Nagat Ali and Samar Yazbek
The Challenges of Being a Female Writer
Event 16 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 6pm • Venue: Music Hall
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Najat Salibi in conversation with Najwan Darwish, Mansour El Souwaim, Rosa Yassin Hassan and Hamdy El Gazzar
What do we Write about and How do we Write about it?
Event 17 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 6pm • Venue: Centre Culturel Antelias
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Zena el Khalil in conversation with Randa Jarrar, Abdelkader Benali, Hussein Jelaad and Youssef Rakha
Rock the Casbah: Responsibility, Commitment and Art. Followed by a musical performance by Rayess Bek
Event 18 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 7.30pm • Venue: Madina Theatre
Rayess Bek is the founder of Rap and Hip Hop in Arabic.
Abdo Wazen introduces the poets Ahmad Yamani, Abderrahim Elkhassar and Yassin Adnan
Poetry Readings
Event 19 • Thursday 15 April 2010, 9pm • Venue: Jadal Bizanty
Please note that this event is in Arabic
Joumana Behlok in conversation with Islam Samhan, Ahmed Saadawi, Najwan Darwish and Nagat Ali
The Writers that Formed Us
Event 20 • Friday 16 April 2010, 9.50am • Venue: Laure Mghayzel School
Please note that this event is in Arabic
