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SUMMARY:Voice of Hind Rajab: Screening and panel discussion
DESCRIPTION:PANEL DISCUSSION EVENT: Saturday February 14\, 4.45pm (selling fast!). \nIn partnership with PCRF Australia (Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)\, join us for a special preview screening of the Academy Award® nominated film The Voice of Hind Rajab followed by a panel discussion centred on humanitarian aid in Gaza. The panel includes: Dr Amireh Fakhouri\, (a General Practitioner and co-founder and co-director of PCRF Australia)\, Dr Mohammed Awad\, (a Melbourne-based neurosurgeon who provided lifesaving care in Gaza in 2025)\, Dr Samah Sabawi (an award-winning Palestinian writer\, scholar\, and political commentator)\, and moderator Osman Faruqi (award-winning journalist and co-host of Lamestream). \nADVANCE SCREENINGS: Wednesday February 18\, 6.50pm + 8.45pm. \nPresented by the Palestinian Film Festival. \nSpread the loveTweet
URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/voice-of-hind-rajab-screening-and-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Cinema Nova\, 380 Lygon Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, Australia
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SUMMARY:The Power of Theatre: Panel with Mary Anne Butler\, Samah Sabawi\, & Nathan Maynard. Chair Mari Lourey.
DESCRIPTION:Since ancient times\, theatrical performances have been spaces to ask difficult questions\, make people feel heard and even generate social change. Three esteemed playwrights\, Mary Anne Butler\, Samah Sabawi and Nathan Maynard\, discuss with theatre maker Mari Lowry why they write plays and the ongoing power and importance of theatre. \n \nSpread the loveTweet
URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/the-power-of-theatre-panel-with-mary-anne-butler-samah-sabawi-nathan-maynard-chair-mari-lourey/
LOCATION:Clunes Town Hall\, 98 Bailey Street\, Clunes\, vic\, 3370\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Sydney Muslim Writers Festival: IN CONVERSATION BEYOND NOISE
DESCRIPTION:In this powerful in-conversation\, Samah Sabawi and Eda Gunaydin reflect on what it means to write beyond the noise of contemporary discourse. Their discussion explores how literature can cut through excess opinion to amplify voices rooted in knowledge\, accountability\, and care. Together\, they consider exile\, inheritance\, intergenerational trauma\, and the ethical responsibilities of writers navigating political and cultural rupture. \n  \n \nSpread the loveTweet
URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/sydney-muslim-writers-festival-in-conversation-beyond-noise/
LOCATION:Parramatta Town Hall\, 182 Church Street\, Parramatta\, NSW\, 2150\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260418T193000
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SUMMARY:Dublin: Tales of a City by the Sea
DESCRIPTION:Part of the The Five Lamps Arts Festival 2026 collection \nA staged reading featuring Palestinian performers\, music\, choreography\, and visual elements that bring this powerful work to life. \n\n\n\n\nTales of a City by the Sea by Samah Sabawi is a deeply moving love story that reveals the lives of ordinary people in the besieged Gaza Strip before\, during and after its bombardment in the winter of 2008–2009. The play follows Jomana\, a Palestinian woman living in the Shati (Beach) refugee camp in Gaza\, who falls in love with Rami\, an American-born doctor and activist of Palestinian descent who arrives on the first Free Gaza boats in 2008. \nExploring the relationship between Palestinians in the diaspora and those living under occupation\, the play is also a powerful story of human survival\, resilience and tenacity. \nSamah Sabawi is an award-winning Palestinian playwright\, poet\, scholar\, and political commentator whose work weaves art and resistance into powerful expressions of identity\, memory\, and hope. \nThis staged reading includes Palestinian actors\, musicians and performers who are part of Palestinian Cultural Days Dublin\, alongside choreography\, staging and visual elements\, offering audiences an immersive and emotionally resonant experience of this significant work. \nMore information about the collective: palestinianculturaldaysdublin.com \nWriter: Samah Sabawi\nDirector: Joe O’Byrne\nMusic: Brian Keegan\nChoreography: Katerina Kaniamou \n“Sabawi has created an enthralling landscape and peopled it with believable characters. It looks beyond the political to examine the effect of war on those who cannot leave the battleground. It’s a gripping piece of theatre that begs to be seen and heard.”\nAdelaide Theatre Guide \nAll proceeds from this event will go to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) – a nonprofit that provides free medical care and humanitarian aid to children in the Middle East. \n\n\nSpread the loveTweet
URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/dublin-tales-of-a-city-by-the-sea/
LOCATION:Sean O’Casey Theatre\, St. Mary's Rd East Wall\, Dublin\, Ireland
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SUMMARY:Vigil:  World Premiere Presented by Arts House April 22 – May 3
DESCRIPTION:VIGIL is a new theatre work of scale by Outer Urban Projects that challenges how we navigate the world and who feels safe in it. \nAt its heart\, VIGIL asks the questions: What lives matter? Do our lives matter? It brings together visionary artists and communities to map the fault lines of belonging\, race\, gender and terror in the city’s everyday spaces. \nSet on a tram moving through a city\, VIGIL sees some passengers haunted by war\, exile and uprising. While others are on their way to a good night out on the town. They draw us into a place both personal and political. \nVIGIL boasts a compelling creative team: playwrights Bryan Andy\, Kush Kuiy\, Sahra Davoudi\, Samah Sabawi and Patricia Cornelius. \nThe work is led by director and composer Irine Vela\, with choreography by Tara Jade Samaya\, an exceptional cast of actors\, dance artists\, musicians\, designers and the El Amal Arabic speaking women’s ensemble from Banksia Gardens Community Services. \nThe experience of many of the artists anchors the work\, linking it to global histories of persecution and resistance\, including those connected to South Sudan\, Iran and Palestine. VIGIL is also grounded in Australia’s First Nations history and truth. \nOuter Urban Projects Artistic Director Irine Vela says\, “VIGIL is a collective homage to real acts of loss\, of protest and our impulse to honour lives that have been forgotten.” \nArts House Head of Programming Naomi Velaphi said VIGIL emphasises Outer Urban Projects commitment to ambitious\, socially engaged and multidisciplinary art. \n“VIGIL is an expansive and courageous project that bridges film\, performance and community practice. It invites audiences to think about safety\, risk\, empathy and complicity in ways that resonate far beyond the theatre\,” Velaphi said. \nA free film installation featuring the award-winning short dance film VIGIL is presented alongside the live performance at Arts House. \nProduced by Outer Urban Projects and directed by Pippa and Tara Jade Samaya (the Samaya Wives)\, with an original score by Irine Vela\, the film traces the ripple effects of gender-based violence through immersive imagery and sound. It offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how the film was conceived and made. \nSpread the loveTweet
URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/vigil-world-premiere-presented-by-arts-house-april-22-may-3/
LOCATION:Arts House\, North Melbourne Town Hall 521 Queensberry St\, North Melbourne\, VIC\, 3051\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Sorrento Writers Festival in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Samah Sabawi with Corrie Perkin   \nVictorian writer Samah Sabawi’s critically-acclaimed 2024 memoir Cactus Pear for My Beloved: A Gaza Family Story  was shortlisted for last year’s Stella Prize. When she visited our Festival last year\, Samah described the experience of finishing her book as her father’s homeland was being destroyed. We welcome Samah back for a discussion about the power of writing to capture memories and shift thinking. \nSpread the loveTweet
URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/sorrento-writers-festival-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Hotel Sorrento\, 5 Hotham Rd\, Sorrento\, VIC\, Australia
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