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Two Arab women in literature
March 10, 20157.00 pm
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
7.00 pm
Free entrance until the event’s capacity is reached.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, two female Spanish women writers will be introducing two Arab women authors
Two Spanish writers with great knowledge about Arab literature will be introducing the literary work and careers of two female contemporary Arab authors to the public. Pilar Salamanca Segoviano will be painting a picture of Palestinian writer Susan Abulhawa (Palestine, 1970), author of the bestseller, Amaneceres en Jenin (Mornings in Jenin, 2010, La Esfera de los Libros). As for Leonor Merino García, she will be presenting the work of Morocco’s Ghita El Khayat (Rabat, 1944), author of more than 350 articles and 30 books, including El fastuoso Marruecos de tradiciones (The Lavish Morocco of Traditions) and Mujer en el mundo árabe (Woman in the Arab World, Icaria Editorial).
This round table discussion, planned on the occasion of International Women’s Day (March 8) forms part of the series of activities which the Spanish-Moroccan Cultural Circle is promoting at various cultural centers and institutions, including Casa Árabe. The introduction to the event will be given by Carmen Ruiz Bravo-Villasante, an Arabist and editor of CantArabia. The event will be presented by María Victoria Caro, vice-president of the Spanish-Moroccan Cultural Circle.
Pilar Salamanca Segoviano is a writer with a PhD in Philology from the University of Salamanca. She specializes in Contemporary Middle East History and is the author of the first direct translation into Spanish of Avicenna’s Poem of Medicine (Junta de Castilla y León, 1999). In addition to other titles, she is the author of Soñar con ballenas (Dreaming About Whales, Editorial Menoscuarto, 2012).
Leonor Merino García is a writer and translator with a PhD in Philology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Her most notable works include La mujer y el lenguaje de su cuerpo: Voces literarias del Magreb (Women and the Language of Their Body: Literary voices from the Maghreb, Editorial CantArabia, 2001). She has translated the works of French-speaking writers from the Maghreb region, including Driss Chraïbi, Tahar Bekri and Rachid Boudjedra.
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This round table discussion, planned on the occasion of International Women’s Day (March 8) forms part of the series of activities which the Spanish-Moroccan Cultural Circle is promoting at various cultural centers and institutions, including Casa Árabe. The introduction to the event will be given by Carmen Ruiz Bravo-Villasante, an Arabist and editor of CantArabia. The event will be presented by María Victoria Caro, vice-president of the Spanish-Moroccan Cultural Circle.
Pilar Salamanca Segoviano is a writer with a PhD in Philology from the University of Salamanca. She specializes in Contemporary Middle East History and is the author of the first direct translation into Spanish of Avicenna’s Poem of Medicine (Junta de Castilla y León, 1999). In addition to other titles, she is the author of Soñar con ballenas (Dreaming About Whales, Editorial Menoscuarto, 2012).
Leonor Merino García is a writer and translator with a PhD in Philology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Her most notable works include La mujer y el lenguaje de su cuerpo: Voces literarias del Magreb (Women and the Language of Their Body: Literary voices from the Maghreb, Editorial CantArabia, 2001). She has translated the works of French-speaking writers from the Maghreb region, including Driss Chraïbi, Tahar Bekri and Rachid Boudjedra.
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