We are hugely excited to be hosting Selma Dabbagh in AWAN Festival 2020 as part of AWAN Hub followed by a Q&A.

The event is FREE and open to all but registration is essential to attend.

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Selma Dabbagh is a British Palestinian writer of fiction. Born in Scotland, she has also lived in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, France, Egypt and the West Bank.

She has worked for human rights non-governmental organisations and on international criminal law cases in London. Her first novel, ‘Out of It,’ set between London, Gaza and the Gulf was published by Bloomsbury and listed as a Guardian Book of the Year in 2011 and 2012 and won the Premio Prima Opera in Spoleto in 2019.

Her radio plays have been produced by BBC Radio 4 and WDR in Germany and her short stories published by outlets such as Granta and International PEN. She’s also written for film and stage and her non-fiction has appeared in the Guardian, London Review of Books. She regularly writes on Palestinian literature and film for the Electronic Intifada. She is currently editing an anthology of writings on lust and erotica by Arab women.

www.selmadabbagh.com

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