Hay Festival Beirut 2012
Imagine the World

July 4 - July 6, 2012

Free Entry
 

Hay Festival Beirut 2012 programme brings the most exciting voices of contemporary culture to the city. Hay Festival have teamed up with Beirut Art Center, British Council, Literature Across Frontiers and other partners to put together a three-day festival with writers, journalists, bloggers and thinkers; the events will take place at Beirut Art Center and Zico House with talks, debates and workshops.

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Wednesday July 4, 2012
Program for Day 1

[1] 18:00 – 19:00  Beirut Art Center
Mathias Enard and Hyam Yared in conversation with Nayla Tamraz
Event in French.
With the support of Literature Across Frontiers

[2] 19:15 – 20:15  Beirut Art Center
The checkpoints of memory in a post-war city.
Monika Borgmann, Abir Saksouk-Sasso and Walid Sadek with Fadi Shayya
Event in English

[3] 20:30 – 21:30  Beirut Art Center
Graphic stories.
Zeina Abirached, Judith Vanistendael and Mazen Kerbaj in conversation with Nadine Touma.
Event in French.
With the support of Passa Porta and the Flemish Literary Fund

[4] 20:30 – 21:30  Zico House
The revolution will be streamed.
Amr Ezzat and Nasri Atallah in conversation with Samir Elbahaie
Event in Arabic.
With the support of Google

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Thursday July 5, 2012
Program for Day 2

[5] 18:00 – 19:00  Beirut Art Center
From war to words.
Jon Lee Anderson, Robin Yassin-Kassab and Åsne Seierstad in conversation with Benedict Brogan
Event in English.
With the support of the British Council and NORLA

[6] 19:15 – 20:15  Beirut Art Center    
Let’s talk about Human Rights.
Chetan Bhatt, Óscar Guardiola-Rivera and Nizar Saghieh in conversation with John Kampfner
Event in English.
With the support of Google, the Embassy of Colombia in the Republic of Lebanon and the London School of Economics

[7] 20:30 – 21:30  Beirut Art Center
Janne Teller and Kamila Shamsie in conversation with John Kampfner
Event in English
With the support of the Danish Arts Council and the British Council

[8] 20:00-21:00  Zico House     
Visual stories.
Karrie Fransman, Zeina Bassil and Joumana Medlej in conversation with Lana Asfour
Event in English
With the support of the British Council

[9] 21:30 – 22:30  Zico House     
Storytelling slam
Several languages               
With the support of Literature Across Frontiers, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec, Danish Arts Council and A.M Qattan Foundation

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Friday July 6, 2012
Program for Day 3

[10] 18:00 – 19:00  Beirut Art Center
Writers and witnesses.
Mansoura Ez Eldin, Habib Selmi and Khaled Khalifa in conversation with Fadi Tofeili
Event in Arabic

[11] 19:15 – 20:15  Beirut Art Center    
Books and other stories
Miguel Syjuco and Paolo Giordano in conversation with Joumana Haddad
Event in Arabic
With the support of IPAF

[12] 20:30-21:30  Beirut Art Center    
The Role of Writers in a Sectarian Society.
Abbas Baydoun, Abdo Wazen and Najwa Barakat in conversation with Hala Kawatharani.
Event in Arabic

[13] 20:30 – 21:30  Zico House
Questions from Hay 25
Event in English

[14] 22:00 – 23:00  Zico House     
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The Poeticians Collective
Readings in English, Arabic and French