Book Club

Below are some dates for the next meet-ups!
Please read the book and come along to take part in the discussion!

Starting with - Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

  • Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

    Date: Wednesday 31st of July

    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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  • A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum

    Date: Wednesday 4th of September

    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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  • Seeking Palestine by Penny Johnson & Raja Shehadeh

    Date: Wednesday 9th of October

    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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