Between Beirut and the Moon
Born and raised in Beirut, Naji Bakhti graduated from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon, 2011). He has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Westminster (2012) and recently obtained a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. His works have been published in the Guardian and the New Statesman among others and he has been interviewed by the National, the London Magazine and the Middle East Eye. Between Beirut and the Moon (Influx Press, 2020) is his first novel.
Naji will be joined in conversation by:
- Caroline Rooney: Professor of African and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Kent, author of the newly published book Creative Radicalism in the Middle East: Culture and the Arab Left After the Uprisings (Bloomsbury I.B. Tauris 2020).
- Zeina Frangie-Eyres: Arabic lecturer and MENACS resident curator, University of Sussex.
- Madonna Kalousian: Fellow at SEPAD at the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and Religion at Lancaster University, author of multiple articles and book chapters on literature, politics, and the visual arts in the Levant.
- Feras Alkabani is a Lecturer and Co-Director of the Middle East and North Africa Centre (MENACS) at the University of Sussex.
The discussion will be followed by Q&A. All are welcome to attend.