GUEST LECTURE: War, Trauma, Memory — Magical Realisms in Lebanese Writing, by Tarek El-Ariss
Organised by Beatrice Gründler and Hanan Natour, project Magical Realisms and Speculative Literature, Research Area 3: "Future Perfect".
Water on Fire: A Memoir of War (2024) recounts Tarek El-Ariss’s childhood in war-torn Beirut, following him and his family on their paths of migration from Lebanon over West-Africa and Europe to the United States. Alternating between his perspective as a child and as an adult, El-Ariss offers the reader insights into intimate moments of his life, "journeying into the past to recover a feeling, an impression, a whisper."
Zeit & Ort
10.12.2024 | 16:00
Freie Universität Berlin
Faculty of History and Cultural Studies, Arabic Studies.
Room 1.1062 (Holzlaube), Fabeckstraße 23/25, 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
For further information and registration please contact: Alexander Hong, alexandeh98@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Online participation is possible via Cisco Webex. You will receive the meeting link after registration.