When the body of a young girl is found in the Nile, the event reverberates through a Sudanese town haunted by memory and loss. Through a constellation of characters, Ziada reveals the tensions and hidden violence beneath everyday life.
About the club
Al-Ard Book Club brings together readers from different backgrounds to read, share, and discuss works of Arabic literature that explore the intersections of environmental disruption, memory, displacement, and care for the land. We focus on close reading and conversation, and welcome all viewpoints, disciplines, and linguistic backgrounds.
Al-Ard Book Club is organized as part of the activities of the al-ARD research group at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (IKOS), University of Oslo. The group conducts research on environmental care in the Middle East region. See: https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/groups/al-ard/
Contact
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Teresa Pepe at teresa.pepe@ikos.uio.no.