Moussem

The “Arabic-European Literary saloon” was a literary production of Moussem (BE) and Re:Orient (SE) curated by Taha Adnan (BE) and Cecilia Hörnel-Sunar (SE) with 3 former winners of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (the Arabic Booker Price) accompanied by improvisatory music from Moussa Elias (SE) at 6 different locations with each time local moderators and authors.
Based on the secular tradition of the Al-Majalis Al-Adabiya as the Majlis of Sukaïna Bent Al Hussein (671-739) and the Andalusian Wallada Bent al-Mustakfi (11th Century in Cordoba), this saloon is a unique opportunity to discover writers and poets with an Arabic background in Europe and the rest of the world.

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is one of the most prestigious and important literary prizes in the Arab world. Its aim is to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic creative writing and to encourage the readership of high quality Arabic literature internationally through the translation and publication of winning and shortlisted novels in other major languages.

This saloon would on the one hand translate pieces of their works and read them in public in the local languages (Swedish, Dutch, French and Spanish) as a contribution to a contemporary global canon and on the other hand reflect on this new universal literature.

We will then have the chance to get to know the work of Mohammed Achaari (Morocco), Raja Alem (Saudi Arabia) and Youssef Ziedan (Egypt), accompanied by the lute player Moussa Elias. In each country, the three authors will have discussions with a local writer. The Salon will then go on the road and after a visit to Belgium will undertake a tour of Sweden, the Netherlands and Spain.

moderated by Taha ADNAN
local authors : Anne PROVOOST & Francis DANNEMARK

The audience will always be addressed in its own language. Let yourself be tempted. Literature is one of the most immediate ways of penetrating a culture. A must-attend event!

18/04 Södra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden
19/04 Mariskapaviljonen, Malmö, Sweden
21/04 Flagey, Bxl, Belgium, 15:00
22/04 De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Netherlands
23/04 Case Arabe, Madrid, Spain
24/04 Casa Arabe, Cordoba, Spain

With the support of the European Union in the context of the project for Moussem.Eu
In cooperation with Flagey, Re: Orient, the neighbors, Casa Arabe and De Brakke Grond