2024
Sunday 22 September
Reading Group
SPACE FOR SWANA
Stokey Popup, 147 Stoke Newington High Street, London N16 0NY
3.30-5pm
Free with RSVP here
The Memory of Now, the Forgetfulness of None: On the Politics of Space and Time in Palestinian Literature
Join Dirar Kalash for a reading session and discussion of Memory for Forgetfulness by Mahmoud Darwish.
The session will focus on the concepts of time (history) and space (geography) and their position in the process of knowledge production on the current situation in Palestine in particular, not only as a theory, but also as a consciousness, taking off from a multi-layered reading of Memory for Forgetfulness. It will analyse possible relationships among lived experience, the writing of history, event and language – from writing the Nakba from a sonic and aural perspective, through the transformations of time and space in Palestine.
This event is co-presented with The Mosaic Rooms and Maqam Books مقام, and hosted in collaboration with SPACE FOR SWANA.
This is a free event at SPACE FOR SWANA. Please RSVP here
Access:
All events take place on the ground floor, with step-free access and accessible toilets.
We are more than happy to reserve you seats and/or space for a wheelchair.
To arrange any of the above, or if you have any questions to help make your visit more comfortable, please email us here.
Dirar Kalash is a musician and sound artist whose work spans a wide range of musical and sonic practices, a variety of instrumental, compositional and improvisational contexts, and interdisciplinary theoretical research. He has produced several solo and collaborative albums and is active as touring musician, as well as creating multiple sound installations, live audio-visual performances and photography projects.
Born at a time when Arabic-language books are increasingly expensive, Maqam مقام is a locally owned, independent bookshop and community space in London dedicated to offering a quality selection of affordable literature across many genres.