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Sat, Sep 12, 2026
5:10 PM – 6 PM (GMT+2)
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Palestinian writer Adania Shibli reflects on war, violence, and memory against the backdrop of a disoriented Palestine. Following Minor Detail — a novel recounting the rape of a young woman during the 1949 Palestinian-Israeli conflict, shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize and finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature — comes Deception, a powerful and heartbreaking story in which two young people attempt to live a normal life in circumstances where nothing is normal for Palestinians who have been stripped of their land, history, and identity.
At the end of the event, the author will sign copies of her books.
Event in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish.
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Adania Shibli
Writer
Adania Shibli is a writer and holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from the University of East London, with a thesis on visual terror. She has combined the novel, the essay and short stories, becoming one of the most important names in Arabic literature. Her work explores themes such as memory, the power of language and the violence of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, with highlights including the novels Touch (2010) and We Are Equally Far from Love (2013), both of which won the Qattan Young Writer’s Award; A Minor Detail (2019), shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award; and Deception (2026). In the field of the essay, she has edited and coordinated publications such as A Journey of Ideas Across: In Dialogue with Edward Said (2014) and Dispositions (2012). As an academic, she has also undertaken research and teaching placements at the universities of Nottingham and Birzeit, in Ramallah.