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A Tribute to Dr. Fatma Moussa Mahmoud

Engaged Events

Palestine:

The Guardian: May 24, 2009: Armed Israeli police close theatre on first night of Palestinian festival

The Guardian: Jan 17, 2009: The Palestinians say: 'This is a war of extermination'

The Guardian: Jan 10, 2009: Talking to the dead

ElBadeel: Jan 10, 2009: مصر التي في لندن.. وغزة التي تحترق

The Guardian: Jan 5, 2009: EU must hold Israel to its agreements

The Guardian: Aug 12, 2008: The laureate of all Arabs

The Guardian: May 22, 2008: The Palestine literature festival was an enlightening experience

The Guardian, Dec 15, 2006: John Berger rallies artists for cultural boycott of Israel

The Guardian, Nov 17, 2006: A project of dispossession can never be a noble cause

Al Ahram Weekly, Nov 16, 2006: The heart of the matter: Palestine in the world today References.

The Guardian, Oct 21, 2006: Art of resistance

AhdafSoueif.com, Jul 18, 2006: Message from Ahdaf Soueif

The Guardian, Jul 13, 2006: Only sanctions will stop this brutal campaign

The Guardian, Nov 24, 2003: The Waiting Game: a Palestinian journey.

The Guardian, Dec 18, 2000: Under the Gun: a Palestinian journey (parts 1 & 2)

Egypt:

The Guardian: Mar 04, 2009: Koshari

The Guardian: Jan 17, 2009: 100 novels everyone must read

The Guardian: Jan 10, 2009: Talking to the dead

ElBadeel: Jan 10, 2009: مصر التي في لندن.. وغزة التي تحترق

The Guardian, Jul 5, 2008: Visions of the harem

The Guardian, May 26, 2006: A confrontation to hold off collapse and revolution

The Guardian, Mar 9, 2006: Egypt tortures for the US, so why not on its own account?

Channel 4, May 18, 2006: Egyptian protest: Watch the report.

The Guardian, Dec 3, 2005: Egypt Awakes

Audios & Videos:

Shaikh Ebrahim Al Khalifa Center for Culture & Research: Videos of the event on YouTube:
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11,part 12

AlJazeera English: Riz Khan: The Legacy of Mahmoud Darwish (Part Two)

AlJazeera English: Riz Khan: The Legacy of Mahmoud Darwish (Part One)

AlJazeera: Palestine Festival of Literature.

AUC: A Matter of Agency: The Image of the Arab in Western Literature.

Clive James: Video of Ahdaf Soueif interview.

The Lannan Foundation: Audio of Ahdaf Soueif reading & conversation with Michael Silverblatt.

The Lannan Foundation: Audio of Ahdaf Soueif conversation with Amira Hass.

Articles:

The Guardian, Jan 2, 2010: Living in the memory

The Times, Nov 21, 2008: The Arabian Nights

The Guardian, Jul 5, 2008: Visions of the harem

Daily News: June 5, 2008: In the mind of Ahdaf Soueif

Egyptian Mail: June 3, 2008: On the threshold of Maat

The Guardian, April 12, 2008: One thousand and one delights

Akhenaten: Piece written for the book “How I Write: The Secret Lives of Authors"

Occidentalism: Preface to the 2007 catalogue

The Guardian: Writers' Rooms Series: Ahdaf Soueif

The Daily Star, Mar 29, 2007: Unleashing the power of the written word

The Guardian, Feb 14, 2007: Higher asp orations

Islam On-Line, Jan 25, 2005: Live Dialogue with Ahdaf Soueif

Islam On-Line, Oct 7, 2004: Occupational Hazards

The Guardian, May 5, 2004: This Torture started at the very top

The Guardian, Sep 26, 2003: Edward Said: My friend

Al Ahram Weekly, Sep 11, 2003: The Israelisation of America

Al Ahram Weekly, Jul 17, 2003: Genet in Palestine

The Guardian, Mar 23, 2003: The Cabool Cotillian

The Guardian, Mar 13, 2003: Staying Alive

NewStatesman, Nov 4, 2002: The worst story ever told

The Guardian, Apr 3, 2002: Open letter to Tony Blair

openDemocracy, Mar 14, 2002: Egyptian memories

The Guardian, Dec 8, 2001: The language of the veil

The Guardian, Nov 6, 2001: Nile Blues

The Guardian, Oct 9, 2001: Al Jazeera

Al Ahram Weekly, Sept 27, 2001: Opening the doors

The Guardian, Sept 15, 2001: Our poor, our weak, our hungry