The Markaz Book Club invites you to readings and conversation about Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction, edited by Jordan Elgrably and published in May by City Lights in San Francisco. Participating are editors Jordan Elgrably and Malu Halasa, along with writers Leila Aboulela, Farah Ahamed and Tariq Mehmood, who will read from their short stories, and discuss the state of short fiction out of the region TMR calls “the center of the world,” from Pakistan in the east to Morocco in the west.

 

Join us for this roundtable discussion on Sunday, September 29th at 1pm EST/ 6pm UK/ 7pm CET on Zoom.

 

This program is online and free to the public. Don’t miss what promises to be a rich conversation about short stories and TMR’s first fiction anthology. This roundtable is supported by grants from Hawthornden and Open Society Foundations.

 

Please RSVP at the link below.