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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/literature-and-politics-ahdaf-souei
 f-in-conversation-with-hisham-matar/
SUMMARY:Literature and Politics: Ahdaf Soueif in conversation with Hisham M
 atar
DESCRIPTION:\n\nNew York\, NY\nThe Barnard International Artists Series is 
 honored to present the award-winning novelist\, political commentator and 
 activist\, Ahdaf Soueif. Ms. Soueif’s debut novel\, In the Eye of the S
 un (1992)\, hailed as “extraordinary” by Edward Said\, was followed b
 y The Map of Love (short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 1999 and tra
 nslated into more than 30 languages). Her short story collections include
  Aisha (1983)\, Sandpiper (1996) and I Think of You: Stories (2007).
 Ms. Soueif is also “a political analyst and commentator of the best kind
 ” (London Review of Books). She advocates for feminism\, democracy\, env
 ironmental justice\, human rights\, and for Egyptian political prisoners. 
 Her nephew\, Alaa Abd el-Fattah\, is a prisoner of conscience in Egypt. Hi
 s collection of writings from prison\, You Have Not Yet Been Defeated (2
 021)\, will be available at the event. Ms. Soueif has written an incisive 
 and intimate account of the Egyptian revolution and resistance\, Cairo\, 
 Memoir of a City Transformed (2014)\, and an influential collection of es
 says\, Mezzaterra (2004)\, exploring Arab identity\, art\, and politics.
  She frequently writes for the Guardian and\, from 2011 to 2015\, wrote 
 a weekly column for the Egyptian national daily\, al-Shorouk.In 2007\, Ms
 . Soueif founded the Palestine Festival of Literature\, “PalFest\,” wh
 ich takes place annually in the cities of occupied Palestine and Gaza and 
 celebrates established writers\, artists and publishers along with the nex
 t generation’s rising stars. She co-edited This is Not A Border: Report
 age and Reflections from the Palestine Festival of Literature (2017) and 
 has also edited Reflections on Islamic Art (2011). Ms. Soueif has been a
 warded four honorary doctorates and was the first recipient of the Mahmoud
  Darwish Award (Palestine) in 2010. In 2019\, she received the European Cu
 ltural Foundation’s Princess Margriet Award.Ms. Soueif will be in conver
 sation with Pulitzer Prize winning author and Barnard College professor Hi
 sham Matar.www.ahdafsoueif.comwww.palfest.org/bookshopTwitter: @asoueifFac
 eBook: Ahdaf Soueif&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe event is free and open to the 
 public\, and all are welcome from the Morningside Heights community. Light
  refreshments will be provided.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, April 19\,
  2023\n\nTime: 6:30-8:00 PM\n\nLocation: Sulzberger Parlor on the 3rd fl
 oor of Barnard Hall\n\n\n
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