Date: Wednesday 26th of February

Discussion starts: 2:30pm

Location: Occulo Lounge, 367
Lord Street &, 3-9 Nevill St,
Southport PR8 1NH

This is a history of modern Palestine like no built from the testimony of people who have lived through it. Ramzy Baroud here gathers accounts from countless Palestinians from all walks of life, and from throughout the decades, to tell the story of the nation and its struggle for independence and security.

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Date: Wednesday 2nd of April

Discussion starts: 2:30pm

Location: Occulo Lounge, 367
Lord Street &, 3-9 Nevill St,
Southport PR8 1NH

Apeirogon by Colum McCann (2/2)

As it is a busy time of the year - quite a few people were not able to finish the book so we have extended to another session to give people a chance to catch up.

Date: Wednesday 22nd of January

Discussion starts: 2:30pm

Location: Occulo Lounge, 367
Lord Street &, 3-9 Nevill St,
Southport PR8 1NH

Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their daily lives, from the roads they are allowed to drive on, to the schools their daughters, Abir and Smadar, each attend, to the checkpoints, both physical and emotional, they must negotiate.

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Apeirogon by Colum McCann (1/2)

Date: Wednesday 18th of December

Discussion starts: 2:30pm

Location: Occulo Lounge, 367
Lord Street &, 3-9 Nevill St,
Southport PR8 1NH

Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their daily lives, from the roads they are allowed to drive on, to the schools their daughters, Abir and Smadar, each attend, to the checkpoints, both physical and emotional, they must negotiate.

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Seeking Palestine by Penny Johnson & Raja Shehadeh

Date: Wednesday 13th of November

Discussion starts: 2:30pm

Location: Occulo Lounge, 367
Lord Street &, 3-9 Nevill St,
Southport PR8 1NH

How do Palestinians live, imagine and reflect on home and exile in this period of a stateless and transitory Palestine and a sharp escalation in Israeli state violence and accompanying Palestinian oppression? How can exile and home be written?


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A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum

Date: Wednesday 9th of October

Discussion starts: 2:30pm

Location: Occulo Lounge, 367
Lord Street &, 3-9 Nevill St,
Southport PR8 1NH

This debut novel by a Palestinian-American voice takes us inside the lives of a conservative Arab family living in America. In Brooklyn, eighteen-year-old Deya is starting to meet with suitors. As the narrative alternates between the lives of Deya and Isra, she begins to understand the dark, complex secrets behind her community.

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Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

Date: Wednesday 4th of September

Discussion starts: 2:30pm

Location: Occulo Lounge, 367
Lord Street &, 3-9 Nevill St,
Southport PR8 1NH

Palestine, 1948. Half a million Palestinians are forced from their homes. A mother clutches her six-month-old son as Israeli soldiers march through the village of Ein Hod. In a split second, her son is snatched from her arms and the fate of the Abulheja family is changed forever.

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