A writer, a vision, a journey: a conversation with Hossam Fahr
Venue: Arab World Books Online
Date: February 18, 2023
This event took place on Saturday 18 February, 2023. You may now watch it below
Through this series of in depth conversations with Arab and international authors, arabworldbooks.com aims to explore the vision, motivation, process, and of course, the outcomes of a writer's journey. These conversations will, hopefully, shed some light on the values and experiences that are common to writers and readers across the world, while taking into account their respective idiosyncrasies and cultural specificities.
Hossam Fahr is an Egyptian writer and translator who lives in New York and was the Chief of the UNHQ Interpretation Service. He has published eight books in Egypt between 1986 and 2022. In 2008, his book Amina’s Stories won the Sawiris Foundation Award for best collection of short stories.
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Messages received on the chat during the online conversation with Hossam Fahr:
19:13:44 From Hebatalla Salem : Yes please! Send us the link!
19:21:55 From alihassan : Good afternoon for everyone, I’m so Happy to join with you
19:23:09 From Zeid : Hello everyone, I'm sorry I'm not active in the meeting due to technical difficulty. However, I'm following the discussion attentively. Thank you.
19:25:16 From Amani Amin : Hello, lovely to have you all.
19:26:13 From Amani Amin : Amira You may watch all previous episodes on our youtube channel here
https://www.youtube.com/@ArabWorldBooks?sub_confirmation=1
19:40:33 From Amani Amin : link from our book of the month archive on Hossam Fahr's book tales of the Other in May 2011. articles and texts and discussion between the author and his readers
https://www.arabworldbooks.com/en/books/%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1
19:55:00 From Amani Amin : Hossam Fahr Bio and this month's file on his work
https://www.arabworldbooks.com/en/authors/hossam-fahr
19:55:41 From Ghada Gad : Deeply thankful ?
20:05:08 From alihassan to Mohamed Tawfik(Direct Message) : Mr. Mohammed,
Please, I have 2 questions for Mr. Hosam Fahd
20:13:14 From Hebatalla Salem : Thank you so much for the lovely meeting and the great preparation. I have to leave, unfortunately.
20:13:34 From Amani Amin : thank you heba
20:15:18 From Kay Heikkinen : Maybe the question could be written in the chat...?
20:18:21 From Omnia’s iPhone : Thank you for your hospitality
Thank you Hossam for sharing your precious memories
20:19:29 From Omnia’s iPhone : We share the same Amina, but completely different stories ; I am on the other side from the ocean ?
20:27:43 From Amani Amin : You may watch all previous episodes on our youtube channel here
https://www.youtube.com/@ArabWorldBooks?sub_confirmation=1
20:28:13 From Zeid : Reacted to "You may watch all pr..." with ?