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.
Who gets to tell your story and how do you claim it without compromise? Navigating representation, reclaiming erased histories or simply making space for nuance, these voices show that identity […]
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival and shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Film, Kaouther Ben Hania’s THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is harrowing drama that utilises real footage and audio
Three esteemed playwrights discuss why they write plays and the ongoing power and importance of theatre.
Samah Sabawi and Eda Gunaydin explore how writing can rise above the noise to centre truth, care, and the ethical weight of storytelling across exile and inherited histories.
A special evening that brings together artists, writers, thinkers, and community members to celebrate Arab Australian cultural expression.
Gaza to Dublin: A staged reading of Sabawi’s Tales of a City by the Sea featuring Palestinian performers, music, choreography, and visual elements that bring this powerful work to life.
Palestinian author Samah Sabawi speaks about the power of writing.
