Past Events
6.30pm
THE IRISH CENTRE, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON W6
At the Hammersmith & Fulham WORDwide Festival, Banipal hosts an evening with three Arab authors who live and write in London.
Reading from and discussing their latest works were:
• Ghalia Kabbani from Syria with A Cup of Tea with Mrs Robinson
• Hisham Matar from Libya with In the Country of Men (pub. Viking-Penguin this July)
• Ghalya al-Said from Oman with Days of Heaven
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