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Reel Iraq Festival Featuring Hassan Blasim
Reading: The Iraqi Christ
Come and hear Baghdad-born film-maker and writer Hassan Blasim read from and discuss his highly anticipated second short story collection ‘The Iraqi Christ’ (Comma Press, 2013) in a rare appearance in Scotland. As a refugee of Iraq’s on-going troubles, Hassan has written in detail of the suffering of his homeland post-invasion, and of the plight of its two million refugees. He has won the English PEN Writers in Translation award twice and has recently been described
Come and hear Baghdad-born film-maker and writer Hassan Blasim read from and discuss his highly anticipated second short story collection ‘The Iraqi Christ’ (Comma Press, 2013) in a rare appearance in Scotland. As a refugee of Iraq’s on-going troubles, Hassan has written in detail of the suffering of his homeland post-invasion, and of the plight of its two million refugees. He has won the English PEN Writers in Translation award twice and has recently been described
8-9:30pm
Free
Free
Mono, 12 Kings Court, Kings Street, Glasgow, Glasgow County G1 5RB
Mon 25 Mar 2013
Website:
www.reelfestivals.org/schedules/the-iraqi-christ-hassan-blasim-reads-from-his-new-short-story
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