Ahmad Nabil comes to Lost City Books to discuss HIDDEN COMPANIONS, his book of archival research and illustrations into Palestinian folklore

Join us for a conversion on HIDDEN COMPANIONS by Ahmad Nabil on Tuesday, June 16th in partnership with Radix Co-op and in conversation with Sabreen Taha. An illustrated collection of largely unseen Palestinian folklore 🇵🇸

About the book:

A man wakes every day to find coins under his pillow, a young lonely girl strikes up a friendship with a spectral voice, a veiled woman changes form to delude ordinary senses, a petite girl in all black breaches a group of young girls returning from a wedding, a goat and her two kids draw an unsuspecting young man into a hidden room, a group of curious boys conjure the spirit of Marx. Jinns and ghouls, guardians and tricksters, wizards and possessors. In the Old City of Jerusalem, the Unseen beings are a natural element of everyday life.

About the author:

Ahmad Nabil (b. 1988) is a Palestinian, Jerusalem-based visual artist, researcher, and educator whose practice is deeply focused on documenting encounters with the unseen dimensions of everyday life, as part of Palestinian intangible heritage. He is the founder of The Fiction Council (est. 2015) in Jerusalem, a platform dedicated to Palestinian imagination through the research of Arab and Islamic mythology, superstitions, and paranormal phenomena, and their reactivation through interdisciplinary creative practices. Nabil is the author and illustrator of Hidden Companions: Paranormals from the Old City of Jerusalem, a documentation of supernatural testimonies from Jerusalem. Hidden Companions is available in the US in the original Arabic text and in an English Translation at Radix Co-op.

The conversation will be moderated by Sabreen Taha.

Sabreen Taha is a Palestinian video journalist and producer from Jerusalem. She has worked with prominent international media organizations including AFP, Reuters, and Al Jazeera Network. With more than a decade of experience, she has produced hundreds of stories across digital and television platforms, bringing a personal, grounded lens shaped by her life in Jerusalem.

Accessibility note: This event is up two flights of stairs and Lost City Books does not have an elevator. Please contact events@lostcitybookstore.com with questions.

Dato de accesibilidad: Este evento toma lugar en el segundo piso y Lost City Books no tiene ascensor. Favor de contactar events@lostcitybookstore.com con cualquiera duda.