The Tiller of Waters (Ḥārith al-Miyāh) by Hoda Barakat
Date: Tuesday 4 May 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 Tiller of Waters by the Lebanese author Hoda Barakat (1998).
In war-torn Beirut, a textile merchant reconstructs his life through fragments of memory, family history, and desire. Blending myth, migration, and urban ruin, Barakat creates a haunting portrait of a city and its inhabitants.
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.