The Drowning (al-Gharaq) by Hammour Ziada
Date: Tuesday 2 March 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 Drowning by the Sudanese author Hammour Ziada (2018).
When the body of a young girl is found in the Nile, the event reverberates through a Sudanese town haunted by memory and loss. Through a constellation of characters, Ziada reveals the tensions and hidden violence beneath everyday life.
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.