Initial Autumn Programme Talk
Sunday 3rd September 6.30pm
The Truth at the End of the Night
The launch of a new book of poetry from a former Iraqi refugee.
Malka Al-Haddad is an Iraqi human rights defender, living in exile in the UK who has worked as a lecturer at Kufa University, Iraq, and taught literary criticism. Malka’s poetry collection, Birds Without Sky, which was published in the UK was longlisted for the Leicester Book Prize 2018. A pamphlet of consisting of the first section of this collection was long-listed for the Cinnamon Press Poetry Pamphlet Competition, 2017. She has a Master’s degree in Arabic Literature from Kufa University and has recently attained an MA at the University of Leicester, in the Politics of Conflict and Violence. Her poetry captures the history and culture of her homeland and is a memoir of her journey into exile and the welcome she found in Britain.
All welcome - admission free .
Tea & biscuits. Donations welcome.
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