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McGill University’s Institute of Islamic Studies
Visiting Writers Series
The Institute of Islamic Studies gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the State of Qatar for this event.
March 18th - 29th, 2013
Iman Humaydan is a Lebanese writer, translator, and editor. She is the author of three novels, with her fourth being published this year. Her novel Wild Mulberries was shortlisted for the Banipal Translation Prize 2009 for its English translation by Michelle Hartman. She leads a variety of workshops dedicated to teaching creative writing in English and Arabic. She has also lectured on Middle Eastern issues and Arab women’s voices as well as founding and directing ARRAWI, a non-profit center and publishing house.
Musharraf Ali Farooqi is an author, novelist and translator. His novel, Between Clay and Dust, was shortlisted for The Man Asian Literary Prize 2012. Farooqi’s second novel, The Story of a Widow, was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2011, and longlisted for the 2010 IMPAC-Dublin Literary Award. His most recent fiction is the children’s novel Tik-Tik, The Master of Time, and the illustrated fable Rabbit Rap. He is the author of critically acclaimed translations of Urdu classics.
Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Iman Humaydan
Shahriar Mandanipour
Shahriar Mandanipour is novelist and essayist in modern Persian literature. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished writers of contemporary Iranian literature. The first collection of his stories, Shadows of the Cave, was published in 1989, with the second collection, The Eighth Day of the Earth, following in 1992. He has continued publishing many short stories, a non-fiction book, and more than 100 essays. His first novel translated into English, Censoring an Iranian Love Story, was published in 2009, and was then awarded The Athens Prize for Literature in 2010. He won the Mehregan Award for best Iranian children’s novel in 2004.Mandanipour received the Golden Tablet Award for best fiction of the past 20 years in Iran, in 1998.