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The Gingko Conference Series – intended for scholars, public figures and members of the wider public who are engaged with issues concerning the MENA region – fosters dialogue between the West and the Middle East, and promotes mutual understanding based upon our shared interests and concerns.

The First World War and its Aftermath: The Shaping of the Middle East

2014 Conference
Iran’s Constitutional Revolution of 1906 and the Narratives of the Enlightenment

2015 Conference

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The Mercantile Effect: On Art and Exchange in the Islamicate World During 17th ̶18th Centuries

2016 Conference

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Religious Imaginations: How Narratives Of Faith Are Shaping Today’s World

2017 Conference

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You can now browse our Autumn 2020 catalogue to se

You can now browse our Autumn 2020 catalogue to see our forthcoming books: https://issuu.com/gingkolibrary/docs/gingko_autumn_2020_catalogue
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All Gingko titles are currently available at a 40% discount for purchases in the UK, lasting until 1st September. Visit gingko.org.uk for more details.

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Read it to get a 30% discount on Gingko’s latest publication, After the Nobel Prize 1989-1994: The Non Fiction Writing of Naguib Mahfouz Vol. IV
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Translated by R. Neil Hewison. With an introduction by Rasheed El-Enany . .
Naguib Mahfouz was familiar to newspaper readers across Egypt for his column in the leading daily Al-Ahram, in which he reflected on issues of the day, from domestic and international events, politics and economics to culture. This volume brings together his articles written between January 1989 and the knife attack in October 1994 that almost ended his life. In carefully crafted short texts his social conscience is revealed as he highlights political shortcomings, economic injustice, and corruption in Egypt and the wider Arab world. His philosophical sensitivity comes to the fore as he contemplates the meaning of a historic event, the contribution of an influential person, or what is required to lead a good life. The collapse of the Soviet Union, the New World Order, the Oslo Peace Accords, the spread of terrorism, the Cairo earthquake and even climate change – these and more come under Naguib Mahfouz’s fine scrutiny. . . Learn more about this book here: https://www.gingko.org.uk/title/after-the-nobel-prize-1989-1994/
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Upcoming: A Celebration of Poetry & Dialogue acros

Upcoming: A Celebration of Poetry & Dialogue across Borders!
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We invite you to join us for an evening of poetry and discussion to celebrate the launch of our New Divan website. .
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 With New Divan poets Nujoom Alghanem, Mourid Barghouti, Tara Bergin, George Szirtes and other contributors to the project, plus co-editors of “A New Divan”, Barbara Schwepcke and Bill Swainson. .
. Featuring poetry readings, a discussion around this historic literary project and our invitation to our audience to continue the dialogue started by Goethe two hundred years ago. .
. ‪Wednesday 24th June, 6-7pm‬ UK time (BST) via Zoom .
. Free but RSVP essential via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/tZUrfuytrzkoE9TjSTnlEKjcQBzvdM9X1Q6D/
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