Takapuna Library Auckland NZ: Author Talk with Samah Sabawi
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.
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.
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 timely book in 2024, I’m yet to come across it. Five big shiny stars.’ GOOD READING MAGAZINE ‘ Samah Sabawi has written a story of courage and […]
Theatre and art in times of genocide. Writers Samah Sabawi, Toby Schmitz and Dr Campion Decent discuss their work in theatre and the adaptation from literature or from life into art.
Welcoming for readers and writers of all walks of life, join us for an intimate evening conversation with Stella listed author Samah Sabawi (Cactus Pear For My Beloved), facilitated by moderator Jaclyn Crupi.
Who gets to tell your story and how do you claim it without compromise? Navigating representation, reclaiming erased histories or simply making space for nuance, these voices show that identity […]
Three esteemed playwrights discuss why they write plays and the ongoing power and importance of theatre.
Samah Sabawi and Eda Gunaydin explore how writing can rise above the noise to centre truth, care, and the ethical weight of storytelling across exile and inherited histories.
Palestinian author Samah Sabawi speaks about the power of writing.