BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:36385@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260616T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260616T200000 DTSTAMP:20260609T175138Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/hidden-companions-by-ahmad-nabil/ SUMMARY:Hidden Companions by Ahmad Nabil DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nAhmad Nabil comes to Lost City Books to discuss HIDDEN CO MPANIONS\, his book of archival research and illustrations into Palestinia n folklore\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a conversion on HIDDEN COMPANIONS by A hmad Nabil on Tuesday\, June 16th in partnership with Radix Co-op and in c onversation with Sabreen Taha. An illustrated collection of largely unseen Palestinian folklore 🇵\;🇸\;\n\nAbout the book:\n\nA man wak es 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 del ude 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 unsuspec ting young man into a hidden room\, a group of curious boys conjure the sp irit of Marx. Jinns and ghouls\, guardians and tricksters\, wizards and po ssessors. In the Old City of Jerusalem\, the Unseen beings are a natural e lement of everyday life.\n\nAbout the author:\n\nAhmad Nabil (b. 1988) is a Palestinian\, Jerusalem-based visual artist\, researcher\, and educator whose practice is deeply focused on documenting encounters with the unsee n dimensions of everyday life\, as part of Palestinian intangible heritage . He is the founder of The Fiction Council (est. 2015) in Jerusalem\, a pl atform dedicated to Palestinian imagination through the research of Arab a nd Islamic mythology\, superstitions\, and paranormal phenomena\, and thei r 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.\n\nThe conversation will be mod erated by Sabreen Taha.\n\nSabreen Taha is a Palestinian video journalis t and producer from Jerusalem. She has worked with prominent international media organizations including AFP\, Reuters\, and Al Jazeera Network. Wit h more than a decade of experience\, she has produced hundreds of stories across digital and television platforms\, bringing a personal\, grounded l ens shaped by her life in Jerusalem.\n\nAccessibility note: This event is up two flights of stairs and Lost City Books does not have an elevator. Pl ease contact events@lostcitybookstore.com with questions.\n\nDato de acces ibilidad: Este evento toma lugar en el segundo piso y Lost City Books no t iene ascensor. Favor de contactar events@lostcitybookstore.com con cualqui era duda.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/06/image-2026-06-09T104629.227.webp CATEGORIES:Arab American,Community,culture LOCATION:Lost City Books\, 2467 18th Street Northwest\, Washington\, DC\, 2 0009\, United States GEO:38.922196;-77.042167 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2467 18th Street Northwest\ , Washington\, DC\, 20009\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Lost City Books:geo:38.922196,-77.042167 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR