Events - Sabrin Hasbun

Witches for Palestine Book Club – 15 to 17/10/2026 TBC

WITCHES FOR PALESTINE – PHASE FIVE is ON! This time bigger, better, international with THREE EVENTS!!! At least TWO in English hosted by Kelly-Ann Maddox, Ysha – Activist Witch and Imogen – Sapling Tarot and ONE in Italian with Sofia Righetti. Between August to October 2026, we are going to read the book “Crossing” by Dr Sabrin Hasbun who you might remember from the Q&A in Phase One. Sabrin is Italian/Palestinian and her book Crossing tells the story of her family between Palestine and Italy. **If you can’t read the entire book don’t worry! Documents for focus points will be made and distributed. You can still come to the final events in October which will be Q&As with Sabrin herself!** HOW TO JOIN THE EVENTS: 💸 Send a donation of £5 or more directly to Cwtches to Gaza via PayPal.me/giasgirl1 📨 Send proof of donation to witchesforpalestine@gmail.com 📍You’re in! You’ll receive links for the zoom events at the email you sent us the donation confirmation from **YES THE ONE DONATION COVERS ALL THREE EVENTS AND YOU’LL BE SENT INVITES TO ALL OF THEM!** 1️⃣ Event: hosted by Kelly-Ann Maddox and Imogen in English, to share focus points and reflections (comes with PDF). Date: August/September 2️⃣ Q&A with Sabrin in English hosted by Kelly-Ann Maddox, Imogen and Ysha: Date: second weekend of October 3️⃣ Q&A with Sabrin in Italian hosted by Sofia Righetti (follow her for updates in Italian!) Date: second weekend of October DONATE NOW to Cwtches to Gaza and help Palestinian refugees DIRECTLY TODAY! #FREEPALESTINE #FROMTHERIVERTOTHESEA #WITCHESFORPALESTINE #palestine #falastin Instagram post Readalong

The Sleep Thief launch with Ibtisam Azem – 09/10/2026

‘Sleep thief is what the interrogator called me. I’ll never forget that. I would steal a few seconds of sleep so I could remain steadfast before them. The name stuck; I even dreamt about it, the same dream, night after night. I woke up not knowing what to do and drenched in sweat.’ The experimental first novel from International Booker-Prize longlisted Palestinian author Ibtisam Azem, The Sleep Thief follows the life of Gharib (“the Stranger”) Haifawi as he comes of age, is drawn into resistance, makes friends, meets lovers, pushes back against traditional values, longs to be free of the labels and expectations that burden him, rails against the commodification of suffering, and dreams of a Palestinian identity that will transcend sorrow. On the 9th October, from 18:00 – 20:00, we are delighted to welcome Ibtisam Azem to bookhaus in Bristol, where she will be in conversation with Sabrin Hasbun. Tickets cost £7 and include a glass of wine or soft drink and £2 off the book. Presented by bookhaus. Tickets here

Sabrin Hasbun – Book Tour – 10 to 18/09/2026

Sabrin Hasbun will be in Italy for her second tour of ‘Tutte le canzoni della pioggia ci riconoscono’ – the italian translation of ‘Crossing’, published by Feltrinelli. The tour will have 6 events, primarily around Tuscany and also Rome from the 10th to the 18th June 2026. Thursday 10th Sept – Lido Di Camaiore (LU) – at 18:00 in Hotel Club i Pini. In dialogue with the author Elena Panzera. Organised in collaboration with PCRF-Italia and the Libreria Lettera 22. Friday 11th Sept – Prato – at 17:00 in the Biblioteca Lazzerini, Istituto Culturale e di Documentazione. In dialogue with Sara Bessi and Tommaso Santi. Organised in collaboration with Rotary Club Prato. Sunday 13th Sept – Arezzo – at 18:00 in the Libreria Feltrinelli. In dialogue with Luigi Scatizzi and Rasha Ghazy. Tuesday 15th Sept – Albinia (GR) – at 18:00 at the Libreria Periferica. In dialogue with Chiara De Marco and Federico Quatraro. With a musical intervention from Taisir Hasbun and reading by Cinzia Biondi. Organised in collaboration with the Laboratorio per la Pace. Thursday 17th Sept – Massa Marittima – at 18:00 in the Biblioteca G. Badii. In dialogue with Claudia Mori and Cinzia Biondi. Organised in collaboration with the Associazione Iride. Friday 18th Sept – Rome – 18:30 in the Circolo Arci-Zalib. In dialogue with Fiamma Arditi. Organised in collaboration with AssoPace Palestina.

Ever Land launch with Amy Abdelnoor – 20/07/2026

It is the year 2000 when Dinah, a Jewish teenager from London, arrives in Israel with her family. Still reeling from the death of her beloved dad, the idea of having to start all over again daunts her. Dinah isn’t quite sure what to make of this seemingly pristine place: her new life seems soulless and suffocating. Another teenager, Safa, watches Dinah settle in. A fourteen-year-old Palestinian who was shot and killed decades ago in the Six Day War, Safa is caught in a limbo which she calls the ‘In-Between’. She is unable to fully pass on without knowing what happened to her younger sister, Nur, who is still alive somewhere. Thirty-three years after her death, the possibility of finding her is suddenly within reach – but she needs Dinah to help her. Alternating between past and present, and between Safa and Dinah, Ever Land is a gripping and powerful story that sheds light on the ongoing occupation of Palestine. It is a tale of belonging and identity, of devastation and displacement and – ultimately – of the enduring universality of humanity and love. Amy will be joining us at bookhaus in conversation with Sabrin Hasbun. Tickets cost £7 and include a glass of wine or soft drink and £2 off the book. Presented by bookhaus. ‘Compassionate and beautifully observed’ GUY GUNARATNE ‘Cleverly conceived and brilliantly engaging . . . a powerful novel. Read this’ PRISCILLA MORRIS ‘Ambitious and complex but handled with impressive ease’ ROSE TREMAIN ‘A brave book … It rings with truth’ ELIZABETH LAIRD ‘Piercing, personal, necessary’ COLUM MCCANN Tickets here

Sabrin Hasbun – Book Tour – 10 to 17/06/2026

Sabrin Hasbun will do her first book tour in Italy of ‘Tutte le canzoni della pioggia ci riconoscono’ – the italian translation of ‘Crossing’, published by Feltrinelli. The tour will have 7 events in northen and central Italy from the 10th to the 17th June 2026. 10/06/2026 – 19:00 – Rovereto – Libreria Arcadia 11/06/2026 – 18:00 – Bolzano – Nuova Libreria Cappeli 12/06/2026 – 18:30 – Pavia – Libreria Feltrinelli 13/06/2026 – 18:00 – Como 14/06/2026 – 18:30 – Libreria Ubik 15/06/2026 – 18:00 – Libreria Ubik 17/06/2026 – 18:00 – Libreria Feltrinelli

Creative Writing Symposium – Lancaster University – 27/05/2026

Our annual Creative Writing Research Symposium — typically hosting a keynote speaker and three of our current Creative Writing PhD students. This online, half-day, symposium is an opportunity to hear how Creative Writers approach their writing as research. Our keynote speaker is Dr Sabrin Hasbun, (Cardiff Met University). Dr Hasbun was born in Palestine, spent her childhood in Palestine and Italy, and now lives in the UK. She lectures in Creative Writing at Cardiff Metropolitan University where she teaches and researches decolonial strategies through collective creation and action. She will discuss language, duty and power in her keynote. We also hear from three of our own Creative Writing PhD students on their own journeys as Creative Writing researchers. The event concludes with a mixer session, allowing attendees to discuss the emergent ideas more informally. Event details here: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass-pgr/events/creative-writing-symposium-ba-ma-phd/

Cardiff University – Evanescent and Emerging Spaces – 22/04/2026

Evanescent and Emerging Spaces: Land/World Struggles of Palestinians and Guarani This event will confront important and disturbing parallels between the genocides of Palestinians and the Guarani in South America, and the challenges of resisting neocolonial land theft and world grabbing. This academic workshop will debate the enduring experiences of racism, aggression and displacement faced by Palestinian and Guarani communities (the latter living along the Brazil-Paraguay border). Both have endured the brutal pressures of state‑building, ethnic-based discrimination and exclusionary regional development. The processes have resulted in evanescent, but also emergent socio-spatial relations, which will be properly analysed. The event will examine root causes, shared and divergent dynamics, and future pathways for justice, focusing on lessons from indigenous resistance to land grabbing and on how Wales can contribute to social, political, economic and environmental reparations (as well as radical and sustained transformations). Participants are called to engage critically, build cross‑border solidarities and translate these insights into concrete action, through advocacy, institutional pressure and sustained support for struggles for land, dignity and self‑determination. Against the backdrop of an evolving literature on the geography of racism and indigeneity, the workshop focuses on the politico‑identitary responses of ethnic nations facing acute violence (including spurious real estate development) whose position differs from that of migrant or minority groups within a single nation‑state. Their ‘in‑between’ status across fragmented territories often intensifies discrimination while simultaneously strengthening claims for restoration, compensation and socio-spatial continuity. Through close engagement with representative organisations and public authorities, the event will develop a comparative framework structured around four interconnected objectives: Through comparative analysis of analogous situations of injustice and marginalisation, this workshop will contribute to global debates on democracy, sovereignty and decolonial futures. The event is FREE and OPEN to both the academic community and the general public. It will take place on 22–23 April in the School of Geography and Planning, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University. Event details and proposed programme here: https://events.cardiff.ac.uk/view/evanescent-and-emerging-spaces-land-world-struggles-of-palestinians-and-guarani/

Author’s hour at The Westacre Theatre – 19/04/2026

An afternoon with prize-winning Palestinian-Italian Author Sabrin Hasbun Join us for a moving and thought-provoking afternoon as Sabrin Hasbun discusses her acclaimed memoir “Crossing.” A sweeping family saga that spans continents, generations, and identities. Blending love, loss, and resilience. Crossing retraces the extraordinary story of her Palestinian father and Italian mother, exploring what it means to belong, to grieve, and to live courageously in a divided world. 19th April, 2pm £20 incl Tea and Cake Book Signing All proceeds support our Summer Theatre Tent Appeal Available to book here: https://www.westacretheatre.com/events/140937?language=en

The Conduit: Family stories – 08/04/2026

Sabrin Hasbun and Reeta Chakrabarti discuss their books—one memoir, one fiction—in an evening of faraway places and close-to-home stories. At the Conduit member’s club in London. Event details here: https://www.theconduit.com/upcoming-events/reeta-chakrabarti-and-sabrin-hasbun-family-stories/

Book launch with Tareq Baconi – 23/02/2026

Fire in Every Direction launch with Tareq Baconi. Both a love story and a coming-of-age tale that spans countries and continents, Fire in Every Direction balances humour and loss, nostalgia and hope, as it takes us from the Middle East to London, and from 1948 to the present. Tareq Baconi crafts a deeply intimate, unforgettable portrait of how a political consciousness – desire and resistance – is passed down through generations. Tareq Baconi will be at bookhaus to discuss his book with Sabrin. Tickets cost £7 and include a glass of wine or a soft drink and £2 off the book. Tickets