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PAST EVENT: A discussion with Abdelkader Benali and Hisham Matar, chaired by Jo Glanville
26 Jan: A discussion with Abdelkader Benali and Hisham Matar, chaired by Jo Glanville
09 Jan 12

Date: Thursday 26 January
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: UCL, entrance Malet Place, Medical Sciences Building, AV Hill Lecture Theatre

Tickets: free, book here

TIME-TRAVELS IN LITERATURE AND POLITICS

Abdelkader Benali (Moroccan-Dutch author of Wedding by the Sea, and journalist) and Hisham Matar (Libyan author of In the Country of Men and Anatomy of a Disappearance) discuss freedom of speech, the Arab Spring and artistic responses now and in the past to revolutionary events.

Jo Glanville, editor of Index on Censorship, will chair the event.

The discussion will be followed by a drinks reception.