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  • Dunedin: Evening with Palestinian author Samah Sabawi

    Yours Cafe 43 Moray Place Central Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand

    The esteemed Palestinian author, playwright and poet will join us to discuss her latest book, and the pathway to Palestinian liberation, justice and peace.

  • Christchurch: Samah Sabawi in conversation

    Transitional Cathedral 234 Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Palestinian Author and Poet Dr Samah Sabawi will talk about justice and peace an Palestine and her new book Cactus Pear for My Beloved: a family story from Gaza.

  • Whakatū, Nelson: An evening with Samah Sabawi

    Trafalgar Street Hall 67 Trafalgar Street, Whakatū, New Zealand

    “A lyrical insight into the humanity of Palestinian survival.” The Saturday Paper. Join Samah Sabawi in conversation about being a Palestinian from Gaza, the past the present and the power of the stories we choose to tell.

  • Page Turners: Samah Sabawi at State Library Victoria

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    State Library Victoria Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Join us for a conversation with award-winning Palestinian Australian author Samah Sabawi about her family memoire Cactus Pear for My Beloved and her home city Gaza both past and present.

  • Linköping University Open Seminar Samah Sabawi and Claudia Tazreiter: Women on the Move – Stories from Gaza

    Tvärsnittet, Kopparhammaren 7, Campus Norrköping

    In this seminar a book in progress will be discussed through the sharing of narrative accounts of women and girls escaping war and deprivation in Gaza over the past year. The aim of the book is to document and give voice to experiences of forced displacement through the war that the Israeli state has waged in Gaza since October 2023.

  • Linköping University Sweden: Lecture with the auther Samah Sabawi

    Linköping University , Sweden

    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 […]

  • Helsinki Library Author Talk with Samah Sabawi

    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.  

  • Sorrento Writers Festival: Meet My Family Memoir

    Room 2, Sorrento Masonic Centre 3385 Point Nepean Road, Sorrento, VIC, Australia

    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

  • Sorrento Writers Festival: Migration Stories In The Round

    Sorrento Museum. 840 Melbourne Rd,, Sorrento, Victoria, Australia

    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

  • Better Off Said: Eulogies for the Living and Dead

    Melbourne Writers Festival Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    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.

  • Author talk at Moruya Library

    Moruya Library Vulcan St, Moruya, NSW

    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 […]

  • Sydney Writers Festival: FEAST Family-style

    Carriageworks 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

    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.