Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.7.2, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Sabrin Hasbun Personal site of writer and creative writing lecturer, Sabrin Hasbun ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://sabrinhasbun.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Sabrin Hasbun - Book Tour - 10 to 17/06/2026](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/sabrin-hasbun-book-tour-10-to-17-06-2026/1907/) - 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 - [Creative Writing Symposium - Lancaster University - 27/05/2026](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/creative-writing-symposium-lancaster-university-27-05-2026/1896/) - 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 - [Cardiff University - Evanescent and Emerging Spaces - 22/04/2026](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/cardiff-university-evanescent-and-emerging-spaces-22-04-2026/1893/) - 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 - [Author's hour at The Westacre Theatre - 19/04/2026](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/authors-hour-at-the-westacre-theatre-19-04-2026/1890/) - 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 - [Book launch with Tareq Baconi - 23/02/2026](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/book-launch-with-tareq-baconi-23-02-2026/1884/) - 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 - [PACSOC Webinar - 29/11/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/pacsoc-webinar-29-11-2025/1862/) - How can artists and artistic production shift and transform the solidarity with the Palestinian people? Speakers: Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Dr Sabrin Hasbun, and Fadi Quran. - [In conversation with Ahmed Alnaouq - 01/12/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/in-conversation-with-ahmed-alnaouq-01-12-2025/1856/) - We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza's Youth - Ahmed Alnaouq in conversation With Sabrin Hasbun Content note: This event will include discussion of conflict, violence, bereavement and lived experiences of traumaJoin us for an evening with Ahmed Alnaouq, the author of We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza's Youth. Through stories told by 50 - [Book launch with Sunny Singh - 27/08/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/book-launch-with-sunny-singh-27-08-2025/1859/) - Spanning both decades and continents, Refuge turns its lens on those who are often overlooked in stories about war: women and children, civilians forced out of their homes in terror, those who wait for their brave soldiers to come home, and soldiers who commit unspeakable violence. this powerful collection simultaneously delves into the darkest parts - [Norwich Book Festival - 26/10/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/norwich-book-festival-26-10-2025/1853/) - How do we belong in a world full of divides?Join Sabrin Hasbun as she retraces the love story of her Palestinian father and Italian mother, and the influence it had on her own identity. This moving event crosses cultures and countries, from Palestine to Tuscany, and explores love, grief, and family. This event is also - [MixTape Poetry Festival - 10/10/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/mixtape-poetry-festival-10-10-2025/1850/) - Carcazan Publishing is proud to bring you the inaugural MixTape Poetry Festival 2025, bringing together London's burgeoning poetry, open mic, and spoken word community. Celebrate the power of love, truth, connection, urban genius, and good vibes at exciting independent bookshops and venues, featuring top and emerging talent, music, food, fun, and new memories. This Panel features - [Berwick Literary Festival 2025 - Workshop Series - 11/09/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/berwick-literary-festival-2025-workshop-series-11-09-2025/1847/) - Prize-winning author Sabrin Hasbun leads a workshop series exploring writing as a tool for change. Each session blends short readings, guided exercises and group discussion. Optional one-to-one feedback follows the course. Open to prose writers and poets of any genre and level of experience. One ticket provides access to all three workshops on 11, 18 - [Crossing Book Event - Newcastle - The Bound - 24/07/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/crossing-book-event-newcastle-the-bound-24-07-2025/1844/) - ✊🏼*Event with Palestinian-Italian author, Sabrin Hasbun (@sabrinhasbun), ft. Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign (@newcastlepsc), 24th July ✊🏼*🍉 📚On Thurs 24th July we have the honour of welcoming Palestinian-Italian author Sabrin Hasbun at The Bound in Whitley Bay (@forumbookscorbridge), to talk about her memoir Crossing. 🔗 Tickets in bio and stories ❤️ Crossing tells the love story - [Awraq Festival 2024 & 2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/projects/awraq-festival/1437/) - Awraq Festival is a platform for collective ideas and collaborative action, founded by Sabrin Hasbun in partnership with Bristol’s Palestine Museum. - [Voices On the Bridge Fundraiser - 21/06/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/voices-on-the-bridge-fundraiser-21-06-2025/1835/) - VoicesontheBridge Fundraiser for the Children of Gaza 6.30pm Saturday 21st June 2025 @StoryvilleBooks, Mill Street Quarter, Pontypridd. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Storyville-Books/t-qjnmgye We are really pleased that Sabrin Hasbun will be speaking on Saturday 21st June and reading from her book “Crossing”. … Organised and presented by Rob Cullen of VoicesontheBridge. Reading and performing with Sabrin Hasbun will be - [(Online & Bath) Fady Joudah UK Tour - 06/06/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/fady-joudah-uk-tour-06-06-2025/1818/) - This is the second year of Awraq festival. This year we are trying something different – we are centering the festival around organising a small UK tour for Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah. His poetry and point of view as a Palestinian in this time of genocide are important for us to share, and we are very - [(Bristol) Fady Joudah UK Tour - 07/06/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/fady-joudah-uk-tour-07-06-2025/1826/) - This is the second year of Awraq festival. This year we are trying something different – we are centering the festival around organising a small UK tour for Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah. His poetry and point of view as a Palestinian in this time of genocide are important for us to share, and we are very - [(Cardiff) Fady Joudah UK Tour - 09/06/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/fady-joudah-uk-tour-09-06-2025/1828/) - This is the second year of Awraq festival. This year we are trying something different – we are centering the festival around organising a small UK tour for Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah. His poetry and point of view as a Palestinian in this time of genocide are important for us to share, and we are very - [Life Writing in a Time of Erasure - 08/06/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/life-writing-in-a-time-of-erasure-08-06-2025/1832/) - Taking inspiration from her own award-winning family memoir, Crossing, Sabrin Hasbun will deliver a workshop that focuses on life writing to actively reclaim our narratives, in a time of dehumanisation, growing censorship and erasure. It will take place at the Palestine Museum in Bristol on the 8th June 2025. For more infomration and to book - [Crossing Book Launch - Book Space- 15/05/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/crossing-book-launch-book-space-15-05-2025/1786/) - CROSSING book launch with SABRIN HASBUN in conversation with BEN FERGUSSON 🗓️ DATE: Thursday 15th May⏰ TIME: 6:30pm (doors open at 6:10pm)📍 LOCATION: Book Space, 26a Crwys Road, CF24 4NL🎟 TICKETS: £4 (https://www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/crossing-event-ticket) An evening in conversation with Sabrin Hasbun to talk about her new book, Crossing There is an option to pay what you - [Crossing Book Launch - Bookhaus - 14/05/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/crossing-book-launch-bookhaus-14-05-2025/1782/) - CROSSING book launch with SABRIN HASBUN in conversation with SUNNY SINGH 🗓️ DATE: Wednesday 14th May⏰ TIME: 6:00pm📍 LOCATION: Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol, BS1 6ZJ🎟 TICKETS: £6, includes a glass of wine or a soft drink and £2 off the book (https://www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e126601) WINNER OF THE FOOTNOTE X COUNTERPOINTS WRITING PRIZE 2023-24 ‘Vivid, compassionate, captivating’ - [Crossing Book Launch - Daunt Books - 13/05/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/crossing-book-launch-daunt-books-13-05-2025/1779/) - CROSSING book launch with SABRIN HASBUN in conversation with LUCY POPESCU 6:30pm start 🗓️ DATE: Tuesday 13th May⏰ TIME: 6:30pm📍 LOCATION: Daunt Books Hampstead, 51 South End Road, London, NW3 2QB🎟 TICKETS: £6 (https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/sabrin-hasbun-in-conversation-with-lucy-popescu/) After the loss of her mother, Sabrin tries to renegotiate her mixed identity and understand the choices which led her mother - [Crossing Book Launch - Palestine House - 12/05/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/crossing-book-launch-palestine-house-12-05-2025/1776/) - CROSSING book launch with SABRIN HASBUN in conversation with HAZEM JAMJOUM 7:30pm start 🗓️ DATE: Monday 12th May⏰ TIME: 7:30pm📍 LOCATION: Palestine House,113 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6JQ🎟 TICKETS: TBC (https://www.tickettailor.com/events/palestinehouse) - [The Palestine Laboratory Film & Q&A - 24/04/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/the-palestine-laboratory-film-qa-24-04-2025/1773/) - The Palestine Laboratory Episode 1Investigating the Global Export of Israel’s Occupation Technology Join us for a screening of The Palestine Laboratory, a groundbreaking documentary by journalist Antony Loewenstein, published by Al Jazeera in January 2025. This film uncovers how Israel has developed a “technology of occupation” in Palestine and profits by exporting it worldwide. Episode 1 - [Health Workers for Gaza - 20/12/2023](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/health-workers-for-gaza-20-12-2023/1278/) - An closed event at the Cardiff Sennedd to share experiences and thoughts relating to the violence against health workers in Gaza. As mentioned in this article: https://alarabinuk.com/en/welsh-parliament-hosts-solemn-session/ "In a display of solidarity and empathy, the Welsh Parliament hosted a commemorative session on the evening of December 20th, organized by the Syrian Welsh Society and Sponsored - [Educating Susan Conference - 12/09/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/educating-susan-conference-12-09-2024-2/1701/) - 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 - [Sounds of Sumud - 15/03/2025](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/sounds-of-sumud-15-03-2025/1672/) - Sabrin was invited to read at this event. Join us for a deeply moving and powerful evening of music, unity, and hope as Wales’ most celebrated voices come together in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Sumud is an Arabic word used to describe the persistent steadfastness of the Palestinian people, and in the historic - [Films at Arnolfini Q&A - 05/12/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/films-at-arnolfini-qa-05-12-2024/1668/) - Sabrin looks forward to watching again these short films that so deeply talk about Palestinian memories and imagination, and she can't wait to talk about this and more in a Q&A with Ali Roche. Please make sure to book your tickets! You don't want to miss this. Double Bill at Arnolfini: As If No Misfortune - [Son of Sin launch with Omar Sakr - 19/11/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/son-of-sin-launch-with-omar-sakr-19-11-2024/1584/) - Sabrin will be interviewing Omar Sakr on his book, Son of Sin, at a launch event. The event will take place on Tuesday 19th November, from 6pm - 8pm, and is organised and hosted by Bookhaus in Bristol. You can find more information and book tickets here: https://www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e113968 - [Strike Out: Pits and Perverts - 02/11/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/strike-out-pits-and-perverts-02-11-2024/1595/) - 40 years on from the 1984-85 miners’ strike, join us for an evening of celebration and learning with Strike Out. Experience a human library of speakers – from those involved in Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) in the 80s, to workers fighting for their rights and the liberation of Queer and working-class people - [The Reality of Being Palestinian - 26/10/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/the-reality-of-being-palestinian-26-10-2024/1592/) - An evening to talk about the reality of being Palestinian, reflected through food, music and poetry. It is an event organised by Brecon PSC. It will be Saturday 26th October at The Muse, Brecon. It will strt at 6:45 with Middle Eastern food, snacks and refreshments. Then at 7:30 there will be speakers and poets. - [Palestinian poetry for liberation - 24/10/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/palestinian-poetry-for-liberation-24-10-2024/1589/) - The Power of Imagination: Palestinian Poetry for Global Liberation. A talk on Palestinian poetry and the role it plays inside and outside Palestine.Sabrin will read poems from Palestinian poets and will discuss how imagination is the first step toward liberation, how poetry can help imagine an alternative future, and why it is important to nurture - [Words for Gaza - 13/10/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/words-for-gaza-13-10-2024/1544/) - Sabrin will be a host and speaker at this evening of reading for Palestine. Words for Gaza is a grassroots movement of book workers, poets and writers organising an evening of readings to raise funds for MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians). The event will take place Bristol on the 13th October. Keep up to date - [Glitter Pride - 03/08/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/glitter-pride-03-08-2024/1489/) - 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 - [Berwick Literary Festival - 11/10/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/berwick-literary-festival-11-10-2024/1462/) - Sabrin was invited to speak at the Berwick Literary Festival about her book, Wait for Her. It will be on the 11th October 2024 from 10:30am to 12:30pm. Please view the programme here: https://berwickliteraryfestival.com/2024-festival/ - [Bye Bye Tiberias Q&A - 27/06/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/bye-bye-tiberias-qa-27-06-2024/1472/) - 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 - [Room For Dinner - 28/06/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/room-for-dinner-28-06-2024/1476/) - Sabrin has been invited to the Room For Dinner event organised by Counterpoints Art to read from her book and other Palestinian works. - [Eisteddfod Festival 2024 - 07/08/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/eisteddfod-festival-2024-07-08-2024/1483/) - Sabrin will speak on behalf of PSC Cymru at the Eisteddfod Festival 2024, one of the largest cultural festivals in Europe. - [Ramzy Baroud speaking tour - 17/07/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/ramzy-baroud-speaking-tour-17-07-2024/1480/) - 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 - [Gaza Champions Fundraiser - 24/06/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/gaza-champions-fundraiser-24-06-2024/1465/) - 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 - [Decolonising the Mind Conference - 27/06/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/decolonising-the-mind-conference-27-06-2024/1457/) - 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 - [Beautiful Resistance - 22/05/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/beautiful-resistance-22-05-2024/1447/) - 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/ - [Cardiff Feminist Book Club - 22/06/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/cardiff-feminist-book-club-22-06-2024/1444/) - 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/ - [PhD Seminar - 11/11/2018](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/nov-2018-phd-seminar/606/) - Speaker at PhD Seminar for the public in collaboration with the Palestinian Museum of Bristol. Discussing British Mandate History and Creative Writing. The full event was recorded and uploaded to youtube. - [We don't come from nothing - 28/03/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/mar-2024-we-dont-come-from-nothing/1177/) - An online event organised by gentle/radical. A conversation with Ahmad Nabil - artist, writer and founder of Jerusalem-based Fiction Council - about his work in preserving non-material Palestinian heritage in the face of relentless erasure and destruction of Palestinian life. Drawing on Ahmad’s intimate knowledge of Palestinian folktales, legends and mythologies, this in-conversation with Sabrin - [Palestine Q&A](https://sabrinhasbun.com/projects/apr-2024-palestine-qa/1173/) - Ignorance fosters hatred. We will not stand for that. Education is how we fight ignorance! Glitter Cymru is organising a recorded Q&A where Sabrin will help answer questions about Palestine. Until the end of March 2014, you can submit your questions with this form: https://forms.gle/Q9B4FHC4jScmRGZL8 For more information check out their instagram post here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4Ku31YoTmg/ - [Stay-at-Home! Literary Festival - 08/05/2021](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/stay-at-home-literary-festival-08-05-2021/1326/) - SAHLF is an entirely virtual literary festival with the aim of combating loneliness, championing inclusivity and accessibility, and celebrating books! Established by CJ Cooke in partnership with Paper Nations. Sabrin delivered a workshop entitled Writing in More than One Language: How and Why. - [Stop the War - 18/04/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/apr-2024-stop-the-war/1166/) - How can Wales support Palestine?: The event will focus on political campaigning and local community activities. On the 18th April, Sabrin will be a panelist disscussing the active engagement we need. For tickets and more information click here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stopthewarcardiff/1211769 - [Decolonising Creative Writing Workshop Series - 07/10/2021](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/decolonising-creative-writing-workshop-series-07-10-2021/1348/) - In collaboration with the Holburne Museum and as part of their new display of the Plantation Day Book from Barbados, Sabrin delivered a series of 4 weekly workshops entitled The Plantation Day Book: A Decolonising Creative Writing Workshop. For more information click here: https://www.holburne.org/events/a-decolonising-creative-writing-workshop/2021-10-07/ - [Decolonising Creative Writing Workshop Series II - 04/11/2021](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/decolonising-creative-writing-workshop-series-ii-04-11-2021/1351/) - In collaboration with the Holburne Museum and as part of their new display of the Plantation Day Book from Barbados, Sabrin delivered a series of 4 weekly workshops entitled The Plantation Day Book: A Decolonising Creative Writing Workshop. This was a repeat of the successful first series of workshops a month prior. For more information - [Young Researchers Mentor](https://sabrinhasbun.com/projects/young-researchers-mentor/1356/) - Sabrin volunteered as a Young Researchers Mentor at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution from Oct 2018 to July 2019. The programme matches researchers, working in pairs, with 2 – 3 young people (aged 14+). The researchers act as mentors, supporting the young people to complete a meaningful research project of their choosing and design. - [Creative Collaboration Workshop - 02/04/2022](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/creative-collaboration-workshop-02-04-2022/1345/) - Sabrin organised and delivered a creative writing workshop in collaboration with Massa Marittima (Italy) town council and public library. For more information click here: https://www.bibliotechedimaremma.it/biblioteche/Massa-Marittima/cal/workshop-di-scrittura-creativa - [Tickle Podcast - 10/03/2022](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/tickle-podcast-10-03-2022/1343/) - After publishing her piece, Back and Forth, on issue 36 of the Tickle magazine, Sabrin appeared as a guest speaker on the Tickle podcast to talk on the topic of Transnational non-fiction. - [An Audience with Ahmed Masoud - 01/07/2022](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/an-audience-with-ahmed-masoud-01-07-2022/1330/) - Sabrin co-organised and chaired this fantastic disscussion with Ahmed Masoud. Ahmed talked about his recent book, Come What May. An in person event hosted by Bath Friends of Palestine (BFoP) at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) For more information click here: https://palartcollective.com/portfolio/an-audience-with-ahmed-masoud/ - [Memory at the Margins - 06/06/2018](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/memory-at-the-margins-06-06-2018/1319/) - Memory at the Margins, a conference by the Memory Studies SWW DTP Research Cluster. Sabrin presented a paper entitled Memories into Memoirs: The Importance of Alternative Sources to Fill the Gaps. - [Renewal & Resilience Conference - 10/03/2022](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/renewal-resilience-conference-10-03-2022/1323/) - Renewal & Resilience: Creative Writing in Education and Communities in 2022 and Beyond. A virtual conference hosted by the National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE). Sabrin delivered a workshop entitled How to Write as a Community – A workshop to Celebrate Collective Writing as a Tool of Resilience. For more information click here: https://www.literaturewales.org/lw-event/nawe-virtual-conference/ - [Material: Creative Approaches to Research - 14/06/2018](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/material-creative-approaches-to-research-14-06-2018/1321/) - Sabrin co-organised this Early-Stage Reasercher conference, in Bath Spa University, to provide an opportunity for early-stage researchers to present in a friendly and relaxed environment amongst peers on the theme of ​Material: Creative Approaches to Research. Fore more information click here: http://esrc18.weebly.com/ - [Research Development Training Series](https://sabrinhasbun.com/projects/research-development-training-series/1317/) - From 2018 to 2022 Sabrin co-organised and delivered yearly training sessions for new PhD students at Bath Spa University. Through this traning, Sabrin introduced new cohorts to Practice-Based Research Methodologies. - [Engaging Empathy Through Creativity - 30/11/2018](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/engaging-empathy-through-creativity-30-11-2018/1315/) - Engaging Empathy Through Creativity Symposium at Pounds Art Corsham with Bath Spa University. Sabrin delivered a paper entitled Listen, how quickly your heart is beating in me: Creative writing, Grief, and Cultural Understanding. More information can be found here: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/research-and-enterprise/research-centres/empathy-and-writing/empathy-conference/ and here: https://d4d.org.uk/engaging-empathy-through-creativity/ - [When Practice Becomes Research - 12/02/2019](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/when-practice-becomes-research-12-02-2019/1313/) - Sabrin was a co-organiser for this all-day event in Feb 2019 for the Centre of Cultural and Creative Industries, Bath Spa University. CCCI’s successful symposium returned in 2019 to seek answers to the question ‘When does Creative Practice become research?’ - [Writing to make the world II - 30/05/2019](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/writing-to-make-the-world-ii-30-05-2019/1311/) - Sabrin and Dr. Camilla Fuentes, as 3T Creatives, organised a second iteration of the previously successful Writing to make the world workshop. Another whole day of training, with lectures and workshops to boost attendee’s writing. They challenged everyone to find new ways to write or to find new ways to use their writing. Sabrin delivered a - [Writing to make the world - 28/07/2017](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/writing-to-make-the-world-28-07-2017/1306/) - Sabrin and Dr. Camilla Fuentes, as 3T Creatives, organised a whole day of training, with lectures and workshops to boost attendee's writing. They challenged everyone to find new ways to write or to find new ways to use their writing. Sabrin also delivered a paper entitled Writing and Reading: A Way to see the World - [Borders, Boundaries, and Margins - 05/06/2019](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/borders-boundaries-and-margins-05-06-2019/1300/) - A confrence organised by Exc!amation: An Interdisiplinary Journal, Exeter University. Sabrin delivered paper entitled A Transnational Memoir between Italy and Palestine: A Cultural and Creative Jigsaw. Part II. This was a continuation of a paper delivered at a previous PGR Seminar Series. - [PGR Seminar Series - 13/02/2019](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/pgr-seminar-series-13-02-2019/1303/) - A PGR Seminar Series for the European Centre for Palestine Studies, Exeter University. Sabrin delivered paper entitled A Transnational Memoir between Italy and Palestine: A Cultural and Creative Jigsaw. Part I - [Follow the Sun Conference - 28 to 30/01/2021](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/follow-the-sun-conference-28-to-30-01-2021/1298/) - Follow the Sun: International Conference on Transnational Literature. Sabrin co-organised and facilitated this literary festival-meets-conference. It boasted 16 events and more than 40 speakers, and is organised by The Research Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education (TRACE), its Transnational Literature open access, peer-reviewed, international journal, and creative writing incubator Paper Nations - all part of Bath Spa University. You can find more - [Creativity and Crisis Symposium - 09/02/2021](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/creativity-and-crisis-symposium-09-02-2021/1295/) - An event hosted by Bath Spa University and co-organised by Sabrin. From the climate emergency through COVID-19 and from the waves of debate inspired by Black Lives Matter through the deep social inequalities revealed by the lockdown, research has been challenged and reframed. This symposium included researchers and practitioners from a broad range of fields - [Futures: A Summer Research Festival - 14/06/2021](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/futures-a-summer-research-festival-14-06-2021/1292/) - In 2021, the SWW DTP put on its first ever summer research festival, organised and run by DTP students to showcase the work of researchers across the consortium. The theme was ‘futures’, and was chosen to reflect a wide range of experiences, concerns and interests across the arts and humanities, as we find ourselves looking - [Transnational Solidarity Amongst Colonised People - 04/04/2023](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/transnational-solidarity-amongst-colonised-people-04-04-2023/1289/) - The University of Exeter's Institute of Arab and Islamic studies held a two-day conference, in partnership with the Middle East Monitor, entitled 'Transnational Solidarity Amongst (Settler) Colonised People: Palestine and Beyond'. Sabrin was a panelist and discussed the Power of Imagination: Collective Creative Writing to Build Transnational Solidarity. You can find more information here: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230404-transnational-solidarity-amongst-settler-colonised-people-palestine-and-beyond/ - [Art of Resistance - 20/10/2023](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/art-of-resistance-20-10-2023/1282/) - Sabrin, in conversation online with her father, Taisir Masrieh Hasbun – explored how the work of painters, designers, musicians, poets and novelists has helped not only to celebrate Palestinian life but also to resist its destruction. From the writing of Mahmoud Darwish to the rocking of 47Soul, from festive gatherings to embroidery, Palestinians have made art out - [Israel Apartheid Conference - 04/11/2023](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/israel-apartheid-conference-04-11-2023/1275/) - Sabrin was a panalist for this conference held by Amnesty International and Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Cardiff, Wales. B’Tselem, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International have published reports documenting the reality of apartheid and the illegality of the actions of Israel. So this conference, aimed at politicians, activists and students across Wales, examined the origins - [Decolonisation and decarbonisation - 09/12/2023](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/climate-fiction-nonfiction-09-12-2023/1267/) - The Centre for Foreign Languages at Bankura University hosted a A Two-Day Academic Workshop & International Discussion Forum on "Cross-Cultural Lingo of Post-Millennial Cli-Fi, Ecofiction & Nonfiction” Sabrin talked about "Double dispossession”: Palestinian ongoing struggle for decolonisation and decarbonisation. - [Foragers, Palestinian Film Festival - 03/12/2023](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/foragers-palestinian-film-festival-03-12-2023/1271/) - A screening of the film Foragers as part of the Bristol Palestinian Film Festival. Foragers depicts the drama, pleasures and difficulties in collecting wild food in occupied Palestine. Following the film there was a discussion with Sabrin on the topic. For more information click here: https://bristolpff.org.uk/2023/10/26/foragers-palestinian-food-demo-and-talk/ - [Multi faith event for Gaza - 06/01/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/multi-faith-event-for-gaza-06-01-2024/1264/) - Sabrin was a speaker at this online event organised by Health Workers for Palestine. She spoke along side Rev. Munther Isaac and Francesca Albanese. - [Ecology & Culture in Palestine - 24/01/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/ecology-culture-in-palestine-24-01-2024/1259/) - Sabrin was a panelist at this online event hosted by Bath Spa University. An event focusing on the ecological past, present and future of Palestine-Israel. The panel brought together perspectives from art, literature, history, geography and heritage in order to reflect on the environmental dimensions of Zionism and the Palestinian struggle. More information here: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/ecology-and-culture-in-palestineisrael/ - [Solidarity day with Palestine - 27/01/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/solidarity-day-with-palestine-27-01-2024/1256/) - Khalas!Digon!Enough! An event organised by Gentle/Radical to bring together the community to raise awareness and funds for Gaza. Sabrin hosted a teach in/ Q&A where she answered questions from the public and reccommended readings. - [Creative writing for decolonisation - 05 to 09/02/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/creative-writing-for-decolonisation-05-to-09-02-2024/1253/) - Sabrin, together with Dr. Zosia Crosse, delivered a series of workshops for PhD students at the University of Naples "L'Orientale". The workshops taught the theories and concepts that explain how academic writing perpetuates colonising narratives, and introduced the PhD candidates to free writing as a way to explore and be aware of those dynamics and - [Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize Shortlisting - 11/02/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/footnote-x-counterpoints-writing-prize-shortlisting-11-02-2024/1245/) - An event at the Southbank Centre to celebrate the shortlisted writers of the Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize. The shortlisted writers are Sabrin Hasbun, Dariia Lysiuk and Roxana Shirazi, Steve Tasane and Simon Weisz. The writers reflect on themes of displacement, identity and resistance both in the selected works and more broadly. The £15,000 prize - [Writing under occupation - 15/04/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/writing-under-occupation-15-04-2024/1242/) - An event hosted by Bath Spa University, focused on writing and reading under occupation. Sabrin will take part in discussing how writers, publishers and book workers have been organising to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to promote Palestinian writing. It will take place at 5-7pm at Newton Park campus, and also involve a - [Music and Poetry at the Scala - 02/03/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/music-and-poetry-at-the-scala-02-03-2024/1235/) - A night full of music and poetry organised by Abergavenny PSC (Palestine Solidarity Campaign) at the the Scala to raise money for Palestine and show that those who support justice are not alone. Sabrin read a piece about what peotry has meant to her in these months as a Palestinian together with some of her recent poetry. - [Valentines for Palestine - 14/02/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/valentines-for-palestine-14-02-2024/1239/) - On Wednesday 14 February 2024, seventeen UK independent bookshops held events to raise money for the PEN Emergency Fund which will be ringfenced to provide support to writers at risk who are in and from Palestine. For every £1000 we raise, the PEN Emergency Fund will support one emergency grant to a Palestinian writer at - [International Woman's day - 09/03/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/international-womans-day-09-03-2024/1230/) - The Riverfront theater and arts centre hosted an event for international woman's day. Sabrin was part of a pannel discussing what women are doing and can do more of to support Palestine and Gaza right now. The Riverfront theater posted about it on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4LEN2Is5a_/ - [Lyra Festival - 20/04/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/apr-2024-lyra-festival/1163/) - Translation and Displacement: An afternoon of poetry responding to displacement, occupation, exile, and other kinds of othering. Our annual multilingual events showcase the power of poetry across different languages and cultures, with the poems being performed in both their original language and their English translated versions. This event, in partnership with the Poetry Translation Centre - [Speakers and Banner Workshop - 21/04/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/apr-2024-speakers-and-banners-workshop/604/) - Living under apartheid: Sabrin will speak on her and her family's experience of apartheid in the West Bank. Solidarity with Palestine: Speakers and Banner Workshop is an event organised by Amnesty International in Cardiff. It will take place 21st April 2024. Tickets available here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/cardiff/tiny-rebel-cardiff/solidarity-with-palestine-speakers-and-banner-workshop/2024-04-21/19:00/t-gagadjy - [Creative Arts Research Network - 25/03/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/mar-2024-creative-arts-research-network/1180/) - Creative writing as decolonisation: an initial conversation based on a case study on Palestine. This is an online event hosted by Newcastle University's Creative Arts Research Network (CARN). You can join though this link: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/83899884679 Sabrin will explain how creative writing offers an alternative framework when trying to work with personal and collective history in - [Novel Nights - 24/10/2018](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/oct-2018-novel-nights/514/) - Speaker at Novel Nights event on 24th Oct 2018, part of the Bristol Literature Festival. For more information go to Novel Nights. (https://www.novelnights.co.uk/photo-gallery-from-novel-nights-and-bristol-festival-of-lit-event-with-nikesh-shukla/) - [Caerphilly mother's day vigil - 10/03/2024](https://sabrinhasbun.com/events/mar-2024-caerphilly-mothers-day-vigil/1190/) - On mother's day, March 10th 2024, a vigil was held to remember the mothers of Gaza. Several speakers touched on the suffering of mothers in Gaza and generally on Palestine. Peredur Owen Griffiths spoke on the actions of the Senned. Sabrin spoke about her own mother and her experience in Palestine. ## Pages - [Home](https://sabrinhasbun.com/) - Official website of Sabrin Hasbun. Palestinian-Italian transnational writer and university lecturer. 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