Annual Suhoor: Voices from the Arab Diaspora:

Public intellectuals, Literature, and Exile

March 20, 2024

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
9:00 pm GMT - 11:00 pm GMT
Intercontinental Beach, and Spa Resort Doha

Summary

The Middle East Council on Global Affairs hosted a Suhoor event on March 20, 2024, featuring a panel discussion featuring prominent Arab writers and public intellectuals who address various issues concerning the Arab world from their perspectives in the diaspora. The panel discussed topics such as identities, hyphenated identities, how their status as Arab exiles influences their writing, and their position in both historical and contemporary contexts of Arab intellectuals in exile or the diaspora.

Moderator

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Speakers

Dima Issa
Assistant Professor, University of Balamand
Amro Ali
Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Susan Abulhawa
Novelist and Activist, Founder of Playgrounds for Palestine