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A Reading & Conversation with Kurdish Writer Bachtyar Ali
Join us for a special event with the Kurdish novelist Bachtyar Ali and his English language translator Kareem Abdulrahman, in conversation with Margaret Litvin, World Languages & Literatures.
This event celebrates the recent publication by Archipelago Books of Ali's The Last Pomegranate Tree - “a phantasmagoric warren of fact, fabrication, and mystical allegory, set in the aftermath of Saddam Hussein’s rule and Iraq’s Kurdish conflict” - in English translation by Abdulrahman.
| When | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm on 2 October 2023 |
|---|---|
| Building | Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road |
| Phone | 617-358-0919 |
| Contact Email | cura@bu.edu |
| Contact Organization | Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs: CURA |
| Fees | free |
| Open To | public |
| Speakers | Bachtyar Ali, Kareem Abdulrahman |