Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
Date May, 26 2022
Location Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi - Reem Island
In collaboration with Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, meet the winners of SZBA at a literary session to introduce their winning works. The seminar has moderated by Prof. Hana Subhi, professor of French language and literature at Sorbonne Abu Dhabi.
Speakers include Mohamed AlDhahi, winner of the 2022 ‘Literary & Art Criticism’ category for his book ‘The Narrator and the Soulmate: From Acting to Faking’, Maisoon Saqer, winner of the 2022 ‘Literature’ category for her book “Eye on Egypt…Café Riche”, and Iman Mersal, winner of 2021 Literature category for her book “In the Footsteps of Anayat Al-Zeyat”.
Speakers
Maisoon Saqer
SZBA 2022 Literature Winner
Mohamed Aldahi
SZBA 2022 Art & Literary Criticism Winner
Iman Mersal
Egyptian poet, writer, academic and translator. She works as an Associate professor of Arabic literature and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Alberta, Canada and currently resides in Marseille, France, where she holds the Albert Camus chair at IMéRA, the Institute for Advanced Study of Aix-Marseille University until July 2021, while working on a book entitled Al Laknah: Al Sawt fee Ghair Makaneh (Accent: the Displaced Voice). An anthology of her works was translated into more than twenty languages and she has five poetry collections published. Her most recent published works include Hatta Atakhlla Aan Fekrat Al Boyot (Until I Abandon the Idea of Homes) in 2013, Kayfa Taltaem: Aan Al Omoma wa Askhbahuha (How to Amend: On Motherhood and its Ghosts) in 2017, and Fee Athar Enayat Al Zayyat (In the Footsteps of Enayat Al-Zayyat) in 2019. Her book, Mamar Moetem Yasloh fee Talom Al Raks (A Dark Path Suitable for Learning to Dance), is one of the most important poetry books issued by the generation of the nineties in Arabic poetry.
Prof. Hana Subhi
Professor of French language and literature at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi