Some of the freshest voices in modern Arab literature come together for an
in-depth discussion of their culture and their craft.

Last spring, Britain’s prestigious Hay Festivals celebrated 39 Arab writers age 39 and under, compiling the anthology Beirut39 with a preface by Hanan al-Shaykh (One Thousand and One Nights). Now, Luminato presents a select group of those writers in an onstage conversation about contemporary literature in the Arab world.

Moroccan journalist Yassin Adnan’s most recent poetry collection is La Akad Ara (I Can Hardly See). Saudi author Mohammad Hassan Alwan is the writer of the novels Saqf elkefaya and Touq altahara. Randa Jarrar won the Arab American Book Award for her novel A Map of Home. Lebanese author Hyam Yared won the 2009 Prix Phoenix for Sous la tonnelle and Joumana Haddad is the 2010 recipient of the Blue Metropolis Award for Arab writers as well as an advisor for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (known as the Arabic Booker).

Hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, host of CBC's Q.

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"There's a kind of renaissance taking place, it seems, among young Arab writers... It comes at a good time, too. We need their voices more than ever before." -Dave Eggers on Beirut39