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- Liana Badr gives the 5th Saif Ghobash Banipal Translation Prize Lecture on 11 November in a Special Online Event with the British Library
- On 4 November Liana Badr’s novel The Eye of the Mirror, translated by Samira Kawar, will be discussed at the Banipal Book Club
Forthcoming Events
Wednesday 4 November 2020
6.30pm
Book Club on Zoom
6.30pm
Book Club on Zoom
The next Banipal Book Club will discuss The Eye of the Mirror by Liana Badr, who will give the 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize Lecture on 11 November. It is translated by Samira Kawar, who will be attending the meeting.
Email bookclub@banipal.co.uk to register and be sent the Zoom login-in details.
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