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HOME > LECTURES&EVENTS > SPEAKERS > Samir El-Youssef
Wednesday 14th March 2007
- 7:30 pm
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Samir El-Youssef, a Palestinian, was born in Rashidia, a refugee camp in Lebanon and has lived in London since 1990. His collection of stories, Gaza Blues, co-authored with the Israeli writer Etgar Keret, received wide acclaim and has been translated into several languages. The Illusion of Return is his first novel in English.
His essays and reviews have appeared in various publications including Guardian, Al-Hayat, New Statesman, Nizwa, Jewish Quarterly and The Washington Post, amongst others. Samir El-Youssef is also a peace campaigner and in 2005 won the Tucholsky Award for promoting the cause of peace and freedom of speech in the Middle East.
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Events at The Academy:
Palestinian Problems: The Internal Divisions of a Refugee Society [14th Mar 2007]
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