Educating Susan Conference – 12/09/2024
Sabrin presented a paper entitled Flipping the Table: Creative Writing as Call to Action. The conference is a one-day, in-person event that will include presentations, panels, and networking, featuring writers, academics, researchers, and publishing professionals including Professor Sunny Singh and Professor Deirdre Osborne. The conference will be an avenue to discuss inclusive approaches to teaching creative writing from around the world. You will also hear from celebrated writers such as Diana Evans and Leone Ross, and from agents and editors about whether British publishing has become more inclusive. A panel in partnership with the literary magazine Wasafiri will discuss the future of small magazines. The organisers, Dr Deepa Anappara and Farhana Shaikh, hope to create a network for academics, researchers, and writers of colour through this event, to continue these conversations after the conference You can find more information here: https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2024/september/educating-susan-decolonisation-and-inclusivity-in-creative-writing-pedagogy-and-publishing Flipping the Table: Creative Writing as Call to ActionDecolonisation is not about inviting writers of colour at the table. It is about flipping thetable and seeing what radical alternatives can be built. In this presentation I will talkabout the importance of using creative writing pedagogy as a space to empowerstudents into taking actions for the world they believe in. In academia, there is thewrong conception that activism is not rigorous and that “commitment underminesexcellence in scholarly research” (Pappé, 2017, p. xiii). Instead, I argue that we – aseducators – and our students should not shy away from engagement with real worldissues, current news, and movements; on the contrary, we should transform thecreative writing classroom into a space for imagining and bringing about alternativefutures. In this presentation I will use examples from my classroom, my writingpractice, and my decolonial activism and research to look at things that have workedso far and challenges we are facing. In particular, I will focus on decolonisingmethodologies, indigenous practices both in writing and education, collectiveemergent strategy, intersectional action and pleasure activism.
Eisteddfod Festival 2024 – 07/08/2024
Sabrin will speak on behalf of PSC Cymru at the Eisteddfod Festival 2024, one of the largest cultural festivals in Europe.
Glitter Pride – 03/08/2024
Sabrin was invited to speak at the Glitter Pride event in Cardiff. Find more information and book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glitter-pride-2024-global-community-tickets-934597074007?aff=oddtdtcreator
Ramzy Baroud speaking tour – 17/07/2024
Sabrin Hasbun will speak shortly at Dr. Ramzy Barouds appearance in Cardiff at the Temple of Peace. More information can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ramzy-baroud-speaking-tour-cardiff-tickets-929705563367
Room For Dinner – 28/06/2024
Sabrin has been invited to the Room For Dinner event organised by Counterpoints Art to read from her book and other Palestinian works.
Bye Bye Tiberias Q&A – 27/06/2024
The film Bye Bye Tiberias will be shown at the Watershed Bristol. Sabrin will lead a Q&A with Nadine Naous, the co-writer of the film, after the inagural showing on the 27th June. Please book your tickets and find =more information here: https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/12609/bye-bye-tiberias
Decolonising the Mind Conference – 27/06/2024
Sabrin will deliver a paper entitled “The greatest malaise of the academic world: practicing decolonisation in academia”. The Deloconising the Mind conference is organised by Cardiff Met University. Please sign up here: https://cardiffmet.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_af4S8J5rF1P3tFY
Gaza Champions Fundraiser – 24/06/2024
Bookhaus Bristol is hosting an evening of readings, talks and community action to raise funds for the Gaza Champions Initiative. Sabrin was invited to read her work. There will also be other authors, including Noreen Masud and Nikesh Shukla. Gaza Champions are a collective of allies from around the world who are connecting with families in Gaza as champions for their fundraising campaigns to escape the ongoing genocide. The initiative offers direct support for families and individuals across Gaza and aims to cultivate an international community of allies.
Cardiff Feminist Book Club – 22/06/2024
Sabrin was invited to join the club’s disscusion on the book ‘Enter Ghost’ by Isabella Hammad. More information on the original instagram post here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6tyyizIAVk/
Beautiful Resistance – 22/05/2024
Sabrin was invited to read poetry in this Fundraising event from the Newport PSC (Palestine Solidarity Campaign) and Cardiff Stop The War. More information here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C64IhmhIgYm/