Public Programmes

John Sandoe Books (as part of the Shubbak Festival), 2nd July As his contribution to A New Divan, the Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti responded to the challenge of ‘The… more

Bradford Literature Festival: Bradford Cathedral, 29 June At this Bradford Literature Festival event in the beautiful Bradford Cathedral, Professor Eric Ormsby introduced the… more

BRISMES Conference, Leeds, 26 June The panel explored a remarkable 19th century work of inter-disciplinarity on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of its publication: Johann… more

21 June 2019, 7 pm, at the Alumni Lecture Theatre, SOAS The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World is a collection of thirteen essays which examines… more

Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, 24 May ‘A New Divan: A lyrical dialogue between East & West’ This event featured Nujoom Alghanem and Paul Farley reading from A New Divan… more

British Library, 23 May with Nujoom Alghanem, Paul Farley and Don Paterson reading poetry from A New Divan and Simon Wallfisch singing Hafiz and Goethe Lieder, accompanied by… more