كان ياما كان … حكايتنا اليوم عن الروائية والشاعرة اللبنانية مي زيادة ،التي حلمت بالنهضة وكانت حرية المرأة هاجسا لديها، عانت من الحب، وخذلها الجميع الا قلمها...أغرم فيها كوكبة من الادباء العرب وحضروا صالونها الثقافي وعرفت برسائلها الى جبران خليل جبران... شاركونا في الحديث من خلا ...Show more
Enheduana was a Sumerian princess who lived around 2300 BCE and composed what is now regarded as the earliest poetry by a known author. Her father, Sargon of Akkad, is said to have created the world’s first empire, stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean, and as par ...Show more
Can we understand a culture and a region when we don’t read its authors? And what nuances do we miss when we read them in translation? How are authors and poets from the Middle East reaching new audiences? I speak to poet Zeina Hashem Beck, from Lebanon, living in California, abo ...Show more
What links “the British Marilyn” Diana Dors, the last women to be hanged in Britain Ruth Ellis, the artist Pauline Boty and the soap and film star Barbara Windsor? Professor Lynda Nead is giving a series of lectures this Autumn exploring Blondes, attitudes to desire and technolog ...Show more