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:30865@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230419T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230419T200000 DTSTAMP:20230410T201312Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/literature-and-politics-ahdaf-souei f-in-conversation-with-hisham-matar-2/ SUMMARY:Literature and Politics: Ahdaf Soueif in conversation with Hisham M atar DESCRIPTION:The Barnard International Artists Series is honored to present the award-winning novelist\, political commentator and activist\, Ahdaf So ueif. Ms. Soueif’s debut novel\, In the Eye of the Sun (1992)\, hailed a s “extraordinary” by Edward Said\, was followed by The Map of Love (sh ort-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 1999 and translated into more than 30 languages). Her short story collections include Aisha (1983)\, Sandpipe r (1996) and I Think of You: Stories (2007).\nMs. Soueif is also “a poli tical analyst and commentator of the best kind” (London Review of Books) . She advocates for feminism\, democracy\, environmental justice\, human r ights\, and for Egyptian political prisoners. Her nephew\, Alaa Abd el-Fat tah\, is a prisoner of conscience in Egypt. His collection of writings fro m prison\, You Have Not Yet Been Defeated (2021)\, will be available at th e event. Ms. Soueif has written an incisive and intimate account of the Eg yptian revolution and resistance\, Cairo\, Memoir of a City Transformed (2 014)\, and an influential collection of essays\, Mezzaterra (2004)\, explo ring Arab identity\, art\, and politics. She frequently writes for the Gua rdian and\, from 2011 to 2015\, wrote a weekly column for the Egyptian nat ional daily\, al-Shorouk.\nIn 2007\, Ms. Soueif founded the Palestine Fest ival of Literature\, “PalFest\,” which takes place annually in the cit ies of occupied Palestine and Gaza and celebrates established writers\, ar tists and publishers along with the next generation’s rising stars. She co-edited This is Not A Border: Reportage and Reflections from the Palesti ne Festival of Literature (2017) and has also edited Reflections on Islami c Art (2011). Ms. Soueif has been awarded four honorary doctorates and was the first recipient of the Mahmoud Darwish Award (Palestine) in 2010. In 2019\, she received the European Cultural Foundation’s Princess Margriet Award.\nMs. Soueif will be in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning au thor and Barnard College professor Hisham Matar.\nwww.ahdafsoueif.com\nwww .palfest.org/bookshop\nTwitter: @asoueif\nFaceBook: Ahdaf Soueif\nThe even t is free and open to the public\, and all are welcome from the Morningsid e Heights community. Light refreshments will be provided.\n\nIf you were u nable to get a ticket\, we still encourage you arrive at the event on-time to secure any open seats.\n\nDate: Wednesday\, April 19\, 2023\n\nTime : 6:30-8:00 PM\n\nLocation: Sulzberger Parlor on the 3rd floor of Barna rd Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/04/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_477684949_470504361075_1_original.jpe g CATEGORIES:Arabic Studies,Egyptian Culture,Egyptians,Literacy LOCATION:Sulzberger Parlor (Third Floor of Barnard Hall)\, 3009 Broadway\, New York\, NY \, 10027\, United States GEO:40.80905;-73.963769 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3009 Broadway\, New York\, NY \, 10027\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sulzberger Parlor ( Third Floor of Barnard Hall):geo:40.80905,-73.963769 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR