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24 May 2012
6.30 to 8.30
The Banipal Arab British Centre Library
6.30 to 8.30
The Banipal Arab British Centre Library
After a very successful first session of the Banipal Book Club, where we talked about Ali Bader’s The Tobacco Keeper, it has been decided that the next meeting will be held on Thursday 24 May at 6.30.
This time, the book we will be reading and discussing is Out of It by Selma Dabbagh.
Moving between Palestine, the Gulf, and London, this is a story about the members of a Gazan family and their attempts to create a life for themselves in the midst of occupation, religious fundamentalism, and divisions between different political factions. Selma Dabbagh is a Palestinian-British author based in London, who has won praise for her short stories. Out of It is her first novel.
With the title selected, get reading and come along to the next meeting in the Library of the Arab British Centre!
Email charis@banipal.co.uk to be included on the Book Club mailing list.
Thursday 24th May, 18:30-20:30
The Arab British Centre
1 Gough Square
London, EC4A 3DE
Supporting the Book Club
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)
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Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)
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Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York
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