Her latest book “Cactus Pear For My Beloved” is a story of a family over the past 100 years, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland. She shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their […]
Join us for a discussion of memory, history and colonialism between the author, playwright and poet Samah Sabawi from Palestine and Anaïs Duong-Pedica, teacher and researcher from Kanaky/New Caledonia.
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writers discuss how their own tribe’s story became a good book Thursday April 24 1.00pm 60 mins Book Now Room 2, Sorrento Masonic Centre 3385 Point Nepean Road, , Sorrento Christabel Blackman, Lech Blaine and Samah Sabawi with Jane Hone Moderator: Jane Hone Speakers: Christabel Blackman, Lech Blaine, Samah Sabawi
How human journeys impact storytelling Friday April 25 1.00pm 60 mins Book Now Sorrento Museum 840 Melbourne Rd, Sorrento Jumaana Abdu, Aarti Betigeri (M), Melanie Cheng and Samah Sabawi Moderator: Aarti Betigeri Speakers: Jumaana Abdu, Melanie Cheng, Samah Sabawi
Join us for a spoken-word salon with Kaliane Bradley, A. C. Grayling, Gideon Haigh, Marcia Langton, Samah Sabawi and Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts as they reflect on ‘The Words I Wish I’d Said’, with a musical performance by Eliza Hull.
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SHORTLISTED, 2025 Stella Prize, The Age Book of the Year and the Douglas Stewart Prize and highly commended for the Victoria Premier’s Literary Awards. ‘If there’s a more important or timely book in 2024, I’m yet to come across it. Five big shiny stars.’ GOOD READING MAGAZINE ‘ Samah Sabawi has written a story of courage and […]
Palestinian Australian author Samah Sabawi’s memoire is “a family story cum national archive; a love story for the ages, a poet’s remarkable journey, a profound act of resistance”. Stella Judges’ Report
I’m excited to be part of this feast, with Candice Chung (Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You), Richard Glover (Best Wishes), Kate Reid (Lune), Tony Tan (Tony Tan’s Asian Cooking Class), Virginia Trioli (A Bit on the Side) and others with their tales of dinner disasters, festive frivolities and heaping spoonfuls of love.
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The U.S. Premiere of THEM by Palestinian playwright Samah Sabawi is a poignant drama about war, hope, and survival.
Join Dr Samah Sabawi for the first online teach-in for the Palestine Public Webinar Series, followed by a Q&A with Professor Tony Birch. The Institute of Postcolonial Studies
What is a revolution, exactly? Where and how does it begin, and, perhaps more importantly, how does it end? This event is not the usual story of revolution: one of Kings and Generals, grand military or revolutionary acts, Che Guevara or Ahmed al-Sharaa style military fatigues and the storming of the capital. Rather, this event is about small “r” revolution and revolutionary acts done by “ordinary” people in extraordinary times.
Tyson Yunkaporta interviews two award winning authors and poets Samah Sabawi and Sara Saleh on exile dispossession and the reclaiming of one’s voice and story.
Theatre and art in times of genocide. Writers Samah Sabawi, Toby Schmitz and Dr Campion Decent discuss their work in theatre and the adaptation from literature or from life into art.
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An evening full of dinner, dabke, Palestinian culture and solidarity through raising funds for advocacy for Palestine.
Welcoming for readers and writers of all walks of life, join us for an intimate evening conversation with Stella listed author Samah Sabawi (Cactus Pear For My Beloved), facilitated by moderator Jaclyn Crupi.
A free one-day literary festival celebrating the contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature. Join us for two inspiring sessions on : Katia Ariel in conversation with Kelly Gardiner (6–6:45pm), and Samah Sabawi in conversation with Fatima Measham (7:15–8pm).
“…then the world got loud” This year’s Opening Night Gala brings together some of the sharpest and most surprising voices to complete that sentence, however they need to: through comedy, poetry, confession or sheer literary chaos.
