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Past Events
Wednesday 11 October 2023
6.30pm
The Byre Theatre Abbey Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9LA
6.30pm
The Byre Theatre Abbey Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9LA
Light from the East: Middle Eastern Art Now
A multimedia celebration of Middle Eastern art
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Renowned Syrian poet, Nouri al-Jarrah will read from his latest work
The Stone Serpent, Barates of Palmyra's Elegy for Regina his Beloved.
This is an epic poem that revives an ancient love story between a Syrian man and a Celtic woman during the Roman occupation.
The book, published by Banipal Books in October 2022, is translated by Catherine Cobham.
Catherine Cobham (former Head of the Arabic and Persian Department at St Andrews), will read from her translation.
• Fabio Caiani will give a presentation on modern Iraqi literature.
• The event will also feature a live performance of Iranian music and Persian song
by Parmis Mozafari and Saeed Talajooy
• and a recitation of Persian poetry by Vahid Davar.
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Image: ‘Tunis medina and Bab Bhar’ by David Bond
The event will last 1 hour 30 mins.
An Iraqi in Paris by Samuel Shimon
The Cinderellas of Muscat by Huda Hamed (Banipal Books, 2025)
The Tent Generations
Things I Left Behind by Shada Mustafa, translated by Nancy Roberts
Shadow of the Sun by Taleb Alrefai
Birds of Nabaa, A Mauritanian Tale by Abdallah Uld Mohamadi Bah
The Stone Serpent, Barates of Palmyra’s Elegy for Regina his Beloved by Nouri Al-Jarrah
Mansi A Rare Man in His Own Way by Tayeb Saleh (Banipal Books, 2020)
Tayeb Salih
Goat Mountain by Habib Selmi
Habib Selmi, author of Goat Mountain and 3 times shortlisted for the IPAF
The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai (Banipal Books, 2020)
Taleb Alrefai, author of Shadow of the Sun and The Mariner
Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures by Fadhil al-Azzawi (Banipal Books, 2021)
Fadhil al-Azzawi
Poems of Alexandria and New York by Ahmed Morsi (Banipal Books, 2021)
Saïd Khatibi
Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)
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Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York
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