The Bleeding of the Stone (Nazīf al-Ḥajar) by Ibrahim al-Koni
Date: Tuesday 6 April 2027
Time: 15:00–16:00
Place: OCEH Lab, 4th floor, P.A. Munchs hus, University of Oslo
This meeting of the Al-Ard Book Club invites participants to read and discuss The Bleeding of the Stone by the Libyan author Ibrahim al-Koni (1990).
A lone desert dweller seeks to protect one of the last wild moufflons from hunters in the Libyan Sahara. Combining ecological concerns with mythic storytelling, al-Koni offers a profound meditation on humanity’s relationship with the natural world.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Teresa Pepe at teresa.pepe@ikos.uio.no.
More about this event on the University of Oslo website
Al-Ard Book Club brings together readers from different backgrounds to read, share, and discuss works of Arabic literature that explore the intersections of environmental disruption, memory, displacement, and care for the land. The club is organised by the al-ARD research group at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (IKOS), University of Oslo, which researches environmental care in the Middle East region. Masahat is a partner in al-ARD.