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Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival took place on Thursday 30 August, Friday 31 August and Saturday 1 September at the Msida Bastion Historic Garden in Floriana (close to the Floriana Central Public Library).
This edition of the festival focused on "Crisis Fare” (“Dieta kontra l-Kriżi") but also continued to follow the revolutions in Arab countries, most notably Syria and Libya. Leading writers from nine countries and top Maltese musicians performed at the seventh Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival. The festival was organised by by Inizjamed and Literature Across Frontiers in collaboration with the British Council.
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| The readings started at 8 pm, and entrance to all events was free. Selma Dabbagh was reading her fiction on Friday (31 August) and took part in a discussion with Suad Amiry led by Karsten Xuereb on Saturday (1 September). |
More info about the festival programme: http://www.inizjamed.org/
Read an interview with Selma Dabbagh by Adrian Grima (The Sunday Times of Malta, 26 August 2012)
Selma Dabbagh was born in Scotland and now lives in London. She is of British Palestinian origin and grew up between England, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Her short fiction has appeared in New Writing 15 (2007) and Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women (2006).
Her acclaimed first novel, Out of It, set between Gaza, London and the Gulf, was published in 2011.
She is currently working on a second novel and collaborating in writing a fiction feature film script.
www.selmadabbagh.com
Driven, fast-paced, edgy … A narrative of Gaza, it brings a very welcome new voice and new consciousness to the Palestinian Story’
Ahdaf Soueif, Guardian, Books of the Year 2011, 26 November 2011
Out of It, is a gripping tale of dispossession and belonging, treachery, loyalty and bravery that redefines Palestine and its people,’
The Observer, April 1 2012
an original, engaging voice, and this is a mesmerising story … uncompromising and witty, this novel is a window into another world
Saga, Kate Saunders, January 2012
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