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Iranian novelist Shahrnush Parsipur reads from her novel as part of the Institute's cultural events seriesAKU-ISMC’s approach includes taking into account the lived experiences of Muslims. A cultural series starting with literary works, The Novel Eye, is being offered to explore artistic expressions and representations of past and present cultures of Muslims and introduce an alternative framework through which these cultures can be studied and considered.

 

2007/2008 Academic Year

Conversation with Muhammad Huwwar - reading from al-Qabd 'ala al-Nar (Holding Fire) and discussion about the literature of imprisonment
Muhammad Huwwar and Ziyad al-Zubi
January 2008

2006/2007 Academic Year

Talk and reading from Touba and the Meaning of Night
Shahrnush Parsipur
Interview with Shahrnush Parsipur Persian
Interview with Shahrnush Parsipur (summary) English
April 2007

2005/2006 Academic Year

Innovation in Arabic storytelling - integrating classical historical writings and narrative techniques into modern forms
Gamal al-Ghitani
May 2006

The historical Novel of Jurji Zaydan: History as entertainment, as identity or as politics?
Thomas Philipp
January 2006

 

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