Arabic writers and love
Darina Al Joundi and Charles Berling, two stars of the French theatre, read extracts from Arabic novelsand poems on the theme of 'love'. The programme includes both classical and contemporary literature from the Middle East and North Africa; ranging from the sixth century founding father of Arabic love poetry Imrû l-Qays to big names from contemporary Arabic literature, such as Sonallah Ibrahim and Mahmoud Darwich and not forgetting the female voice, with works by Hanan EL-Cheikh.
Darina Al Joundi began her career as a theatre, film and TV actress in Lebanon. In France she became known for her autobiographical play Le jour où Nina Simone a cessé de chanter, which she wrote with Mohamed Kacimi and premiered in the Off section of the 2007 Avignon Festival.
Charles Berling is an actor, author, producer and film and theatre director. He is one of France's most celebrated stars of film and stage, recently appearing in a production of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge directed by Ivo Van Hove.
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Location
Terarken
Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BRUSSELSLanguage
- French
The evening is under the auspices of the 'Mahmoud Darwish Academic and Cultural Chair’ of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels, the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and BOZAR, in homage to the poet Mahmoud Darwich, at the initiative of Rudy Demotte, the Minister-President of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels.
