The Life/Death Equation: Bothayna Al-Essa & Jaafar Salman
Date/Time: Saturday 2 March, 12.30pm-1.30pm
Venue: Al Waha, InterContinental, DFC
Language: Arabic
Session No: 137
“The laws of the lower world were carefully formulated and perfected'' - Aisha Descends into the Underworld
Two highly acclaimed authors share their literary experience writing about the relationship between life and death from a literary perspective.
Bothayna Al-Essa is a Kuwaiti author and founder of Takween. Her novel Aisha Descends to the Underworld was longlisted for The Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2012.
Jaafar Salman is a Bahraini novelist who started out writing for local newspapers when he was fourteen years old. His novels explore history, religion, philosophy and politics.
Language: Arabic
Two highly acclaimed authors share their literary experience writing about the relationship between life and death from a literary perspective.
Bothayna Al-Essa is a Kuwaiti author and founder of Takween. Her novel Aisha Descends to the Underworld was longlisted for The Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2012.
Jaafar Salman is a Bahraini novelist who started out writing for local newspapers when he was fourteen years old. His novels explore history, religion, philosophy and politics.
Language: Arabic