SPEAKER
Saud Alsanousi
Saud Alsanousi is a Kuwaiti novelist and the author of six novels, the most recent being the trilogy The Scrolls of Mud City. He has received numerous honours, including the Laila Al-Othman Award for Youth Creativity (2010), the Kuwait State Encouragement Award (2012), and the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2013). Several of his works have also been longlisted and shortlisted for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award.
Named Cultural Personality of the Year at the 2016 Mohammed Al-Banki Award, Alsanousi’s novels have been translated into English, Italian, Turkish, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Indonesian, establishing him as one of Kuwait’s most prominent literary voices.
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Chronicles of the Mud City
We engage in a conversation with writer Saud Alsanousi about Clay City Travels, a novel that weaves its world from tales and legends, illuminating the pulse of place and the people’s questions about memory and identity
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50.00 AED
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From The Ocean to The Gulf: Tales of Arabic Cities
We meet with writers Salha Obaid and Saud Alsanousi to reflect on Arab cities as they are lived not as they are imagined. Cities that conceal layers of voices, memories, and the stories of passersby in their corners.
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50.00 AED
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