Samah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and their homeland. It’s a story that begins in Palestine under British rule and ends in Redland Bay in Queensland – a family story, a love story, a human story. In conversation with Cheryl Leavy.
Join us for the launch of Samah Sabawi’s Cactus Pear for my Beloved. ABOUT THE BOOK Cactus Pear For My Beloved is the story of a family over the past 100 years, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland. Samah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and many […]
Register to be part of the livestream of 2024 Edward Said Memorial Lecture – Guest speaker award-winning Palestinian Author and playwright Dr Samah Sabawi
AFOPA presents guest lecturer for 2024, Samah Sabawi. Samah is an author, playwright and poet and a recipient of multiple awards both nationally and internationally. Her debut novel Cactus Pear for my Beloved, has just been released.
Samah is coming to the Waurn Ponds Hotel to share the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands.
Join award-winning Palestinian author Playwright and poet Dr Samah Sabawi as she discusses her memoire Cactus Pear for My Beloved: a Gaza family story.
Dr Samah Sabawi will be speaking at Freeman’s Bay Community Centre about her book and the need for justice and peace in Palestine.
A literary evening with Australian Palestinian author Dr Samah Sabawi supported by local poets.
The esteemed Palestinian author, playwright and poet will join us to discuss her latest book, and the pathway to Palestinian liberation, justice and peace.
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.
Spaces limited; bookings required.
“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.
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.
Join author Samah Sabawi at this special event for discussions on Palestinian poetry, literature, culture, and politics
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.
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.
Prepaid bookings are essential as space is limited.
