SCIENCE FICTION IN THE ARAB WORLD
PANEL DISCUSSION
SAT 25 JULY 2015, 12.30PM | THE BRITISH LIBRARY
From utopian dreams to dystopian nightmares, could a new wave of Arabic science fiction spur us to reimagine alternative futures in the Middle East and beyond?
Sindbad Sci-Fi’s producer Yasmin Khan joins forces with Shubbak to beam up a stellar panel of visionary writers, including Egyptian Ahmed Khaled Towfik, author of Utopia, Iraqi Ahmed Saadawi, the author of the IPAF-winning Frankenstein in Baghdad and Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak, author of a short story about an alien invasion of Baghdad.
Copyright: Sophia Al Maria Between Distant Bodies, 2013 Video installation on 2 cuboglass TVs Still Courtesy of the Artist and The Third Line, Dubai
TICKETS
Tickets: £5/£4 over 60s/£3 students and other concessions
Day Pass: £15/£12 over 60s/£10 students and other concessions
Weekend Pass: £26/£20 over 60s/£16 students and other concessions
Booking fees may apply
BOOK ONLINE: http://www.bl.uk/events/shubbak
or call: 01937 546546
VENUE: The British Library
Conference Centre
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Programme developed in partnership with Saqi Books and the British Library
Supported by British Council, Open Society Foundations, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture – AFAC, International Prize for Arabic Fiction, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing and Banipal
Part of the Shubbak Literature Festival www.shubbak.co.uk
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