• Plestia Alaqad in Conversation

    Melbourne City Conference Centre 190 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

    Following 7 October 2023, 22-year-old Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad found herself reporting from a war zone in Gaza. Documenting her experiences first-hand on Instagram to over 4.5 million followers, Alaqad […]

  • Palestine Under Siege – film screening and Q&A panel

    Doncaster Playhouse 679 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster, Victoria, Australia

    Amnesty International North-East Metro Group and Menzies for Palestine invite you to attend this thought-provoking documentary film screening.

  • 2024 NATIONAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE: Research & Archive Use

    The Wheeler Centre 176 Lt Lonsdale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Whether you’re stitching together a work of fiction or non-fiction, digging through the archives, and undertaking research are inevitable parts of the process. But how does one find and access […]

  • ABC Radio National: The Year That Made Me

    ABC Radio National

    Coming up on Sunday September 15,  Julian Morrow interviews author Samah Sabawi about her new book Cactus Pear for My Beloved and the year of 1967.

  • Author talk with Samah Sabawi Wangaratta

    North East Multicultural Association Suite 3, 90-100 Ovens St, Wangaratta, Australia

    Join us for a discussion with author, playwright, poet and award winner Samah Sabawi about her book Cactus Pear For My Beloved. The story follows the journey of Samah’s parents. […]

  • Wangaratta Club Senior Lunch

    Wangaratta Club 4 Victoria Parade, Wangaratta, VIC, Australia

    The role of our elders in helping us remember our past in order to forge a better future. How to listen, respect and learn from our elders and the power […]

  • Powerful Stories Book Launch | Samah Sabawi | Cactus Pear For My Beloved (Sydney)

    Vere Gordon Childe Centre Campertown, NSW, Australia

    From award-winning author, playwright and poet Samah Sabawi comes this open-hearted memoir of a family over the past 100 years starting in Gaza, Palestine under British rule and ending in Queensland’s Redland Bay. Follow

  • In-Conversation with Samah Sabawi & Arwa Abousamra -Auburn NSW

    ISRA Centre Level 3 128-136 South Parade, Auburn, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Join us in Auburn Sydney 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.

  • Master Class: Life Writing with Samah Sabawi

    PDR1 MOAD 18 King George Terrace Parkes, ACT, ACT, Australia

    ‘Whoever writes his story will inherit the land of words, and possess meaning, entirely!’ – Mahmoud Darwish  How would you write your story? Where would it begin? Where will it […]