BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Samah Sabawi - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Samah Sabawi X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://samahsabawi.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Samah Sabawi REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20230401T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20230930T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20240406T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20241005T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST 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TZID:Australia/Adelaide BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20230401T163000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT DTSTART:20230930T163000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20240406T163000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT DTSTART:20241005T163000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20250405T163000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT DTSTART:20251004T163000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250525T150000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250525T160000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250313T084311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250518T010955Z UID:16041-1748185200-1748188800@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Sydney Writers Festival: Stories of Palestine DESCRIPTION:“If you were writing your life\, Baba\, where would your story begin?” — Cactus Pear for My Beloved \nPalestinian and Lebanese diaspora writers take to the stage for a special event of reflection and connection. \nSharing their stories of home\, memory and identity are Lebanese Australian writer and editor Sara Haddad (The Sunbird)\, Lebanese Palestinian poet and editor Hasib Hourani (rock flight) and Palestinian Australian author\, playwright and poet Samah Sabawi (Cactus Pear for My Beloved). \nDon’t miss this opportunity to connect with their powerful stories in this moving and unforgettable conversation\, led by Australian Palestinian writer Micaela Sahhar. \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/swf-stories-of-palestine/ LOCATION:Carriageworks\, 245 Wilson Street\, Eveleigh\, NSW\, 2015\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stories-of-Palestine-SWF-image-e1744494532339.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250524T080000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250524T211500 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250313T074203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250518T011019Z UID:16031-1748073600-1748121300@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Sydney Writers Festival: FEAST Family-style DESCRIPTION:Food\, family\, stories: a veritable Festival feast! \nThe feast continues in this return of a Festival favourite event from 2024! \nChinese Australian writer\, comedian and food enthusiast Jennifer Wong (Chopsticks or Fork?) plays host in this special event\, rounding up Festival guests to share their stories of family and food. \nJoin Candice Chung (Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You)\, Richard Glover (Best Wishes)\, Kate Reid (Lune)\, Samah Sabawi (Cactus Pear For My Beloved)\, 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. \nWith stories this mouth-watering\, be sure to visit one of our dining options at Carriageworks before the show. Expect to be comedically and culinarily delighted! \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/swf-feast-family-style/ LOCATION:Carriageworks\, 245 Wilson Street\, Eveleigh\, NSW\, 2015\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/JZxfMJBQ.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250520T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250520T203000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250321T112424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250518T010904Z UID:16093-1747767600-1747773000@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Headland Writers Festival 2025 Launch Palestinian-Australian writer Samah Sabawi In Conversation with Linda Mottram DESCRIPTION:“If there’s a more important or timely book in 2024\, I’m yet to come across it. Five big shiny stars.”\nGood Reading Magazine\n \nIn July 1967\, forty-day-old Samah was carried out of Gaza\, Palestine\, in her mother’s arms in search of her father who had escaped to Jordan – somewhere. Fifty-six years later\, she’s an author\, playwright\, poet\, journalist and recipient of multiple national and international awards. \nSamah will discuss her book Cactus Pear for My Beloved\, which has been short-listed for the Stella Literature prize\, NSW Literary award and The Age Book of the Year. This is part of her Far South Coast tour on her way to present at the Sydney Writers Festival. \nCactus Pear for My Beloved follows the journey of Samah’s family over the past hundred years starting in Gaza under British rule and ending in Redland Bay\, Queensland. Her parents were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homeland in Gaza. \nFilled with love for land\, history and its peoples\, Cactus Pear for My Beloved is more than anything else a family story and love story told with optimism\, humanity and feeling. It reminds us that the call of home and land remains strong\, and that belief in words\, art\, family and community can help you rise from poverty and exile into a fulfilling life. \nAnd yet history repeats itself. As Samah put the finishing touches on this story\, another war on Gaza began – one unlike any other the city had experienced. Those in her family who had remained in Gaza have now all lost their homes. Much of the landscape described in the book has now turned to scorched earth. \nThis is both the personal story of a family\, and the collective story of Palestine. Can Gaza rise again? History tells us it will – and Samah wants to believe it too. \nSamah will talk about the process of writing the book and her other projects\, reflecting on how decisions are made about the literary form of her works. Cactus Pear for My Beloved for example\, was born as a result of Samah’s PhD research into post-memory within the context of generational trauma and exile. \nAdditionally \nHer most recent visit to Gaza was in July 2023 where she visited family and reconnected with important geographical sites and landmarks. Then in October\, war erupted again and now most of what she saw has been erased. Her remaining family in Gaza have also been forced to leave. Gaza has endured three major wars in the time Samah wrote this book. She is also helping settle Palestinian refugees who have been able to get to Australia. Samah has just returned from overseas where she was collecting testimonies of Palestinian women who managed to escape from Gaza. \n  \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ \n\nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/cafe-evolve-and-candelo-books-bega-nsw/ LOCATION:Tathra Hotel & Motel\, 8-12 Bega St\, Australia\, Tathra\, NSW\, 2550\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-05-18-at-11.00.11-am.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250519T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250519T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250313T092924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250518T011519Z UID:16060-1747665000-1747674000@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Author talk at Moruya Library DESCRIPTION: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. \n‘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 ‘ \nSamah Sabawi has written a story of courage and struggle. Her generosity is such that above all she has gifted us a story of love of family and country.’ TONY BIRCH The story of a family over the past 100 years\, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland. \nJoin author Samah Sabawi as she shares the story of her family over the past 100 years\, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland. \nSamah’s book\, Cactus Pear for My Beloved\, is a heartfelt memoir celebrating land\, history\, and family. It tells the story of a boy\, born during displacements to a disabled father and illiterate mother\, who became a poet and advocate for peaceful resistance in Palestine before fleeing to Australia with his young family. \nSamah Sabawi is an author\, playwright and poet and a recipient of multiple awards both nationally and internationally. Cactus Pear for My Beloved was born as a result of Samah’s PhD research. \nSamah’s book will be available for purchase and light refreshments will be served. \nFree event. Eventbrite bookings essential. \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/author-talk-at-moruya-library/ LOCATION:Moruya Library\, Vulcan St\, Moruya\, NSW\, 2537 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250516T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250516T120000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250321T113818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T113818Z UID:16101-1747391400-1747396800@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Bermagui Author Talk DESCRIPTION:Booking Essential. Call 0408 786 546 \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/bermagui-author-talk/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250511T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250511T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250321T110901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T110901Z UID:16080-1746973800-1746982800@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Better Off Said: Eulogies for the Living and Dead DESCRIPTION:Join us for a spoken-word salon celebrating words\, stories and human experiences. Kaliane Bradley\, Gideon Haigh\, Marcia Langton\, Samah Sabawi and Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts will reflect on ‘The Words I Wish I’d Said\,’ and philosopher A. C. Grayling will deliver a Living Eulogy\, celebrating life while we’re still here to hear it. \nThe afternoon will close with a very special musical performance by Eliza Hull. \nHosted by Emilie Zoey Baker and produced by Marieke Hardy. \nThis event runs for 120 minutes. \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/better-off-said-eulogies-for-the-living-and-dead/ LOCATION:Melbourne Writers Festival\, Melbourne\, VIC\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Eulogies-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250425T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250425T140000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250301T081621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250301T081621Z UID:15985-1745586000-1745589600@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Sorrento Writers Festival: Migration Stories In The Round DESCRIPTION:How human journeys impact storytelling\n\n\nFriday April 25\n1.00pm\n60 mins \n\nBook Now\n\nSorrento Museum\n840 Melbourne Rd\, Sorrento \nJumaana Abdu\, Aarti Betigeri (M)\, Melanie Cheng and Samah Sabawi \nModerator: Aarti Betigeri Speakers: Jumaana Abdu\, Melanie Cheng\, Samah Sabawi\nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/sorrento-writers-festival-migration-stories-in-the-round/ LOCATION:Sorrento Museum.\, 840 Melbourne Rd\,\, Sorrento\, Victoria\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-01-at-7.10.09-pm.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250424T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250424T140000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250301T081141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250301T081141Z UID:15978-1745499600-1745503200@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Sorrento Writers Festival: Meet My Family Memoir DESCRIPTION:writers discuss how their own tribe’s story became a good book \n\n\nThursday April 24\n1.00pm\n60 mins \n\nBook Now\n\nRoom 2\, Sorrento Masonic Centre\n3385 Point Nepean Road\, \, Sorrento \n\n  \n  \n\nChristabel Blackman\, Lech Blaine and Samah Sabawi with Jane Hone \n  \nModerator: Jane Hone Speakers: Christabel Blackman\, Lech Blaine\, Samah Sabawi\nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/sorrento-writers-festival-meet-my-family-memoir/ LOCATION:Room 2\, Sorrento Masonic Centre\, 3385 Point Nepean Road\, Sorrento\, VIC\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-01-at-7.10.09-pm.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250417T063000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250417T193000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250226T162914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T162914Z UID:15971-1744871400-1744918200@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Eltham Bookshop: An evening with author Samah Sabawi DESCRIPTION:Spread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/eltham-bookshop-an-evening-with-author-samah-sabawi/ LOCATION:Eltham Bookshop\, 10 Arthur Street\, Eltham\, VIC\, Australia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250307T040000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250307T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250219T014110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T014110Z UID:15930-1741320000-1741366800@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Helsinki Library Author Talk with Samah Sabawi DESCRIPTION: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. \n  \n \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/helsinki-library-author-talk-with-samah-sabawi/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Helsinki-poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20250306T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20250306T120000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250222T201306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250222T201306Z UID:15949-1741258800-1741262400@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Linköping University Sweden: Lecture with the auther Samah Sabawi DESCRIPTION: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. \nShe shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands. \nSamah Sabawi lives in Australia and is currently traveling around Europe to share her story. The lecture will be given in English\, and everyone is welcome. \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/linkoping-university-sweden-lecture-with-the-auther-samah-sabawi/ LOCATION:Linköping University\, Sweden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250305T011500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250305T150000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250223T202901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250301T080333Z UID:15957-1741137300-1741186800@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Linköping University Open Seminar Samah Sabawi and Claudia Tazreiter: Women on the Move – Stories from Gaza DESCRIPTION: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. \n \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/linkoping-university-open-seminar-samah-sabwi-och-claudia-tazreiter-women-on-the-move-stories-from-gaza/ LOCATION:Tvärsnittet\, Kopparhammaren 7\, Campus Norrköping ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-9.23.30-am.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20250303T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20250303T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250222T200344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250222T200344Z UID:15939-1741014000-1741021200@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:University of Gothenburg: Samah Sabawi on Writing Palestine in the Blank Spaces DESCRIPTION:Public seminar at Humanisten with the research network Imagine Palestine that provides a platform for discussions on Palestinian poetry\, literature\, culture\, and politics. The seminar is attended by Samah Sabawi\, a Palestinian-Australian Author\, Playwright\, Poet and Doctor of Philosophy. \nSamah Sabawi is a Palestinian Australian Author\, Playwright\, Poet and Doctor of Philosophy from Victoria University\, Australia. \nShe has published the novel Cactus Pear For My Beloved (2024) and is currently working to collect stories and testimonies from women and girls in Gaza\, for a forthcoming book that gives voice to the experiences of forced displacement from the war that Israel has waged in Gaza since October 2023. In this seminar Samah Sabawi will talk about writing Palestine\, oral testimony and reclaiming the narrative. \n  \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/university-of-gothenburg-samah-sabawi-on-writing-palestine-in-the-blank-spaces/ LOCATION:University of Gothenburg\, Room J432\, Humanisten\, Renströmsgatan 6\, Göteborg\, Sweden ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-23-at-8.55.59-am.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250301T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250301T140000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250109T201226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T203210Z UID:15779-1740834000-1740837600@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Page Turners: Samah Sabawi at State Library Victoria DESCRIPTION:There’s nothing better than relaxing during summer with a good book. \nThe State Library have your reading list sorted with some of this season’s hottest page turners \nWork your way through the biggest non-fiction releases on the Library’s summer reading list\, get your questions ready and join host Astrid Edwards for a conversation with the author themselves. \nSamah Sabawi is an award-winning author\, playwright and poet. In Cactus Pear For My Beloved\, Sabawi recounts her family’s story\, starting 100 years ago in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay\, Queensland. This is a story of love\, open-heartedness and the enduring human spirit. \nHear directly from Sabawi as she explores how she went about writing such an intensely personal story\, the themes she wanted to convey and more. Plus\, get the chance to ask any of your burning questions. \nBook your tickets now and get reading. \n  \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/page-turners-samah-sabawi-at-state-library-victoria/ LOCATION:State Library Victoria\, Swanston Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/State-Library-Event-e1737577863902.png ORGANIZER;CN="State Library Victoria":MAILTO:events@slv.vic.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250222T000000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250222T235959 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250208T041938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250208T041938Z UID:15875-1740182400-1740268799@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Wellington NZ: Keynote address PSNA national conference DESCRIPTION:Spread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/wellington-nz-keynote-address-psna-national-conference/ LOCATION:Willeston Conference Centre\,\, Level\, 11/15 Willeston Street Wellington Central\, Wellington\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/171-NatHui.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250221T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250221T200000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250128T205122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250209T004412Z UID:15806-1740160800-1740168000@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Whakatū\, Nelson: An evening with Samah Sabawi DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us at the Trafalgar Hall for an evening with Samah Sabawi\, the esteemed Palestinian author\, playwright and poet to discuss her latest book and the pathway to Palestinian liberation\, justice and peace. \n  \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/whakatu-nelson-an-evening-with-samah-sabawi/ LOCATION:Trafalgar Street Hall\, 67 Trafalgar Street\, Whakatū\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nelson-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250221T150000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250221T160000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250209T005455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250209T005455Z UID:15892-1740150000-1740153600@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Nelson City: Coffee and Kōrero with Author Samah Sabawi DESCRIPTION:Join Palestinian author\, poet and playwright Samah Sabawi for an informal coffee and kōrero at the Elma Turner Library.\nSamah is touring Aotearoa to promote her latest book Cactus Pear for My Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza; a personal narrative of her family’s journey over the past 100 years from Palestine to Queensland\, Australia.\nSpaces limited; bookings required.\nThis book is available at the library! Put it on hold with the link above. \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/nelson-city-coffee-and-korero-with-author-samah-sabawi/ LOCATION:Elmer Turner Library\, 27 Halifax St E\, Nelson City\, New Zealand END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250220T070000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250208T043135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250208T043135Z UID:15884-1740034800-1740085200@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Christchurch: Samah Sabawi in conversation DESCRIPTION: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. \n \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/christchurch-samah-sabawi-in-conversation/ LOCATION:Transitional Cathedral\, 234 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/172-SamahSmall.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250219T180000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250219T193000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250214T024909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250214T024909Z UID:15921-1739988000-1739993400@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Dunedin: Evening with Palestinian author Samah Sabawi DESCRIPTION:The esteemed Palestinian author\, playwright and poet will join us to discuss her latest book\, and the pathway to Palestinian liberation\, justice and peace. \n \n\n\n\n\nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/dunedin-evening-with-palestinian-author-samah-sabawi/ LOCATION:Yours Cafe\, 43 Moray Place Central Dunedin\, Dunedin\, 9016\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Dunedin-NZ-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250217T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250217T210000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250203T052845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T052845Z UID:15837-1739818800-1739826000@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Hamilton NZ: an evening with Samah Sabawi author of Cactus Pear for My Beloved DESCRIPTION:Spread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/hamilton-nz-an-evening-with-samah-sabawi-author-of-cactus-pear-for-my-beloved/ LOCATION:Ethos Cafe\, 100 Morrinsville Road\, Hamilton\, Waikato\, 3216\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/475645249_646408107741356_3272777770685771141_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250216T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250216T210000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250206T012431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250209T080924Z UID:15855-1739732400-1739739600@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Auckland: Public Meeting with Samah Sabawi DESCRIPTION:Dr Samah Sabawi will be speaking at Freeman’s Bay Community Centre about her book and the need for justice and peace in Palestine. \n \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/auckland-justice-and-peace-in-palestine/ LOCATION:Freeman’s Bay Community Centre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/poster-socials-book-launch-e1725599296249.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250216T140000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250216T150000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20250203T044154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T044333Z UID:15822-1739714400-1739718000@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Takapuna Library Auckland NZ: Author Talk with Samah Sabawi DESCRIPTION:Spread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/takapuna-library-auckland-nz-author-talk-with-samah-sabawi/ LOCATION:Takapuna Library Auckland NZ\, 9 The Strand\, Takapuna\, Auckland 0622\, 0622\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-02-16-Samah-Sabawi-Poster-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241110T160000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241110T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20241029T000520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T000602Z UID:15638-1731254400-1731258000@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Write Side of History with Dr Susan Carland\, Dr Nora Amath\, Samah Sabawi and Lamisse Hamouda facilitated by Haneen Martin DESCRIPTION:Spread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/write-side-of-history-with-dr-susan-carland-dr-nora-amath-samah-sabawi-and-lamisse-hamouda-facilitated-by-haneen-martin/ LOCATION:Immigratio Mueum\, 400 Flinders street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/The-Write-Side-of-History.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241106T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241106T203000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20241028T235132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T235132Z UID:15634-1730917800-1730925000@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Books in Bars at the Waurn Ponds Hotel DESCRIPTION:About\nSamah 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. \nThis is the story of a family over the past 100 years\, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland. Filled with love for land\, history\, peoples it is more than anything else a family story and a love story told with enormous humanity and feeling. \nHow the son (one of six)\, born at the height of the displacements to a disabled father and illiterate mother\, a believer in peaceful resistance\, became a leading poet and writer in Palestine\, before being forced\, with his own young family in tow\, to flee and start a new life in Australia. \nOne of the gifts of Samah Sabawi’s Baba is to remain open-hearted and optimistic. \n\nDate\nWednesday 6 November 2024 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM (UTC+11)\n\nLocation\n\n\nWaurn Ponds Hotel\n1154 Princes Highway\, Waurn Ponds Victoria 3216 \n\n\n  \nContact Event Organiser\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nhttps://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1286430 \n  \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/books-in-bars-at-the-waurn-ponds-hotel/ LOCATION:Waurn Ponds Hotel\, 1154 Princes Highway\, Waurn Ponds\, VIC\, 3216\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0BCB2F2C-182C-4BE6-91DA-A4BEDCED93C1_1_201_a.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20241102T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20241102T190000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20240927T205806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240927T205833Z UID:15347-1730568600-1730574000@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:2024 Edward Said Memorial Lecture: Keynote Dr Samah Sabawi (Adelaide) DESCRIPTION:About\nAFOPA 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. \nHost of the webinar/podcast series The Book Room\, Samah received a Doctor of Philosophy from Victoria University for her thesis titled Inheriting Exile\, transgenerational trauma and the Palestinian Australian Identity. \n\n\nDate\nSaturday 2 November 2024 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM (UTC+09:30) \n\nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/2024-edward-said-memorial-lecture-keynote-dr-samah-sabawi-adelaide/ LOCATION:Allan Scott Auditorium\, H2-1\, Hawke Building University of South Auistralia\, Adelaide\, SA\, 5000\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Samah_5709-3.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="AFOPA":MAILTO:https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1296040 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20241102T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20241102T190000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20240927T204503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240927T204605Z UID:15341-1730568600-1730574000@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Keynote Livestream 2024 Edward Said Memorial Lecture DESCRIPTION:About\nSamah Sabawi is an author\, playwright and poet and a recipient of multiple awards both nationally and internationally. \nSamah co-edited with Stephen Orlov the anthology Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas\, winner of the Patrick O’Neill Award. She co-authored I Remember My Name: Poetry by Samah Sabawi\, Ramzy Baroud and Jehan Bseiso\, edited by Vacy Vlazna\, winner of the Palestine Book Award. Host of the webinar/podcast series The Book Room\, Samah received a Doctor of Philosophy from Victoria University for her thesis titled Inheriting Exile\, transgenerational trauma and the Palestinian Australian Identity. Sabawi’s debut novel Cactus Pear for my Beloved\, has just been released. \n\n\nDate\nSaturday 2 November 2024 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM (UTC+09:30) \n\n\nLocation\n\n\nOnline event access details will be provided by the event organiser \n\nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/keynote-livestream-2024-edward-said-memorial-lecture/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241029T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241029T190000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20240903T013015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T013015Z UID:15066-1730224800-1730228400@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Brisbane Avid Reader Book Event: Saman Sabawi - Cactus Pear For My Beloved DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Samah Sabawi’s Cactus Pear for my Beloved. \nABOUT THE BOOK \nCactus 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. \nSamah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands. \nFilled with love for land\, history\, peoples it is more than anything else a family story and a love story told with enormous humanity and feeling. How the son (one of six)\, born at the height of the displacements to a disabled father and illiterate mother\, a believer in peaceful resistance\, became a leading poet and writer in Palestine\, before being forced\, with his own young family in tow\, to flee and start a new life in Australia. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nSamah Sabawi is an author\, playwright and poet and a recipient of multiple awards both nationally and internationally. Her theatre credits include the critically acclaimed and award-winning plays Tales of a City by the Sea and THEM. In 2020 Samah received the prestigious Green Room Award for Best Writing in the independent theatre category\, and was shortlisted for both the NSW and Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. With Stephen Orlo Samah edited the anthology Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas\, winner of the Patrick O’Neill Award and she co-authored I Remember My Name: Poetry by Samah Sabawi\, Ramzy Baroud and Jehan Bseiso\, edited by Vacy Vlazna\, winner of the Palestine Book Award. Samah received a Doctor of Philosophy from Victoria University for her thesis titled Inheriting Exile\, transgenerational trauma and the Palestinian Australian Identity. \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/brisbane-avid-reader-book-event-saman-sabawi-cactus-pear-for-my-beloved/ LOCATION:Avid Reader\, 193 Boundary Street West End\, Brisbane\, Queensland\, 4101\, Australia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241025T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241025T140000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20240923T213145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T213145Z UID:15196-1729861200-1729864800@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Love and Homelands at the Canberra Writers Festival DESCRIPTION: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. \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/love-and-homelands-at-the-canberra-writers-festival/ LOCATION:Members Diing Room\, 18 King George Terrace Parkes\, ACT\, ACT\, 2600\, Australia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241025T090000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241025T110000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20240923T214025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T214025Z UID:15203-1729846800-1729854000@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:Master Class: Life Writing with Samah Sabawi DESCRIPTION:‘Whoever writes his story will inherit the land of words\, and possess meaning\, entirely!’ – Mahmoud Darwish  \nHow would you write your story? Where would it begin? Where will it end? What compels you to write it? How do you navigate the emotional landscape of your story? Are you writing to heal\, to confess\, or to educate? Are you driven by vanity or some greater cause? How do you own your truth in the land of words? In this workshop we will consider these questions and more as we grapple with the rich and revelatory genre of memoir. \nParticipant requirements: writers are invited to bring in their family photographs to share\, but this is not essential. A notepad/laptop is. \nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/master-class-life-writing-with-samah-sabawi/ LOCATION:PDR1 MOAD\, 18 King George Terrace Parkes\, ACT\, ACT\, Australia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241024T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241024T203000 DTSTAMP:20260616T033424 CREATED:20241007T071148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T071148Z UID:15474-1729796400-1729801800@samahsabawi.com SUMMARY:In-Conversation with Samah Sabawi & Arwa Abousamra -Auburn NSW DESCRIPTION:Come together for an intimate evening of conversation as we celebrate the launch of Samah Sabawi’s Cactus Pear For My Beloved. Explore a powerful family story of love\, resistance\, and the enduring human spirit across generations. \nAbout the book “Cactus Pear for My Beloved”\nThe story of a family over the past 100 years\, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland. \nSamah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands. \nFilled with love for land\, history\, and people it is more than anything else a family story and a love story told with enormous humanity and feeling. How the son (one of six)\, born at the height of the displacements to a disabled father and illiterate mother\, a believer in peaceful resistance\, became a leading poet and writer in Palestine\, before being forced\, with his own young family in tow\, to flee and start a new life in Australia. One of the gifts of Samah Sabawi’s Baba is to remain open-hearted and optimistic. \n“Samah Sabawi has written a story of courage and struggle. Her generosity is such that above all she has gifted us a story of love of family and country.” TONY BIRCH \n“Cactus Pear for My Beloved offers a lyrical insight into the humanity of Palestinian survival.” The Saturday Paper \nAbout the Authors:\nSamah Sabawi is an author\, playwright and poet and a recipient of multiple awards both nationally and internationally. Her theatre credits include the critically acclaimed and award-winning plays Tales of a City by the Sea and THEM. In 2020 Samah received the prestigious Green Room Award for Best Writing in the independent theatre category\, and was shortlisted for both the NSW and Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. Samah received a Doctor of Philosophy from Victoria University for her thesis titled Inheriting Exile\, Transgenerational Trauma and the Palestinian Australian Identity. \nArwa Abousamra is a Saudi-born Palestinian writer\, editor\, and community organiser based in Australia. She is the author of the memoir Tea with Arwa published by Hachette in 2011 and has written for SBS food magazine and the Sun Herald. She is a Palestinian food enthusiast and has developed and taught Palestinian Culinary classes. Arwa studied a Master of Interpreting and Translation at Western Sydney and is passionate about amplifying underrepresented voices. Her role in “Tea and Talk” will involve facilitating a meaningful dialogue with Samah Sabawi\, bringing her own insights and experience into the conversation about identity\, exile\, and the shared Palestinian experience. \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpread the love URL:https://samahsabawi.com/event/in-conversation-with-samah-sabawi-arwa-abousamra-auburn-nsw/ LOCATION:ISRA Centre\, Level 3 128-136 South Parade\, Auburn\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2144\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://samahsabawi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-Website-Upcoming-events-e1728285056264.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR