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In association with English PEN,
The Liberal presents...
A Mutanabbi Street Memorial Reading
featuring
Nabeel Yasin
author of the epic 'Brother Yasin’
in the company of
the celebrated Baghdadi oud player
Ahmed Mukhtar
On 5th March 2007, a car bomb was detonated in Baghdad's Mutanabbi Street, killing at least
30 people and injuring over 100. Named after the 10th-century Arabic poet Al-Mutanabbi,
this winding thoroughfare had long been the literary heart of the nation's capital,
bringing together Iraqis irrespective of religious creed or political affiliation.
Fellow members of the Mutanabbi Street Coalition will hold readings on this anniversary in
San Francisco and Vancouver, under the banner we jointly proclaim:
'Mutanabbi Street Starts Here’.
30 people and injuring over 100. Named after the 10th-century Arabic poet Al-Mutanabbi,
this winding thoroughfare had long been the literary heart of the nation's capital,
bringing together Iraqis irrespective of religious creed or political affiliation.
Fellow members of the Mutanabbi Street Coalition will hold readings on this anniversary in
San Francisco and Vancouver, under the banner we jointly proclaim:
'Mutanabbi Street Starts Here’.
Wednesday, 5th March 2008
6.30 for 7pm
The RSA
8 John Adam Street
London
WC2N 6EZ
Admission free, advance booking recommended.
A collection will be made in aid of Médecins Sans Frontières.
To reserve your place, email lectures@rsa.org.uk or call 020 7451 6868.
Previous Events
The Liberal presents...
NICK CLEGG MP
and
CHRIS HUHNE MP
at a
media husting
On the day that nominations close for the
leadership of the Liberal Democrats, two leading candidates debate the future
of Liberalism.
Chair: Benjamin Ramm
Editor, The Liberal
Wednesday, 31st October 2007
7.30 for 8pm
The RSA
8 John Adam Street
London
WC2N 6EZ
The Liberal presents...
SUMMER REQUIEM
featuring
FIONA SAMPSON
Editor of Poetry Review
with
Ben Markovits
Christopher Nield
Ben Morgan
and live music from
Ana Silvera
Wednesday 1st August, 7pm
Keats' House
Keats' Grove, Hampstead
London
NW3 2RR
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Admission £6/£4, glass of wine included.
To reserve your place, and for further information about future events,
email events@theliberal.co.uk or call us on (020) 8444 1944.
In association with
The Liberal,
CRIES FROM THE HEART
An evening of music, poetry and prose testament,
in support of Human Rights Watch
Featuring a star-studded cast, including
Julie Christie
Tom Stoppard
Sophie Okonedo
Jeremy Irons
Juliet Stevenson
Nitin Sawhney
Lemin Sissay
George Alagiah
Rageh Omaar
Sunday 17th June, 7pm
Royal Court Theatre
Sloane Square
London
SW1W 8AS
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To reserve a ticket, or for further information,
contact Erin Rattazzi.
erin.rattazzi@hrw.org
(020) 7713 2773
The Liberal & openDemocracy
present...
IRAN AND THE
FUTURE OF LIBERALISM
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently called on Iranian
students to "yell against liberal thoughts". Yet the philosophy of Liberalism
has suffused the nation's rich cultural fabric and reinvigorated her
intellectual life; the ideas of Habermas, Hegel, Kant and Arendt have
become
the subject of impassioned debates about the nature
of civil society and the public sphere. In an
age averse to affirmation,
the citizens of this reactionary theocracy see Liberalism for what it
is –
a profoundly radical political project whose time has come.
with
DANNY POSTEL
Senior Editor at openDemocracy
and author of ‘Reading “Legitimation Crisis” in Tehran’
ZIBA MIR-HOSSEINI
Senior Research Associate at the London Middle East Institute
SOAS, University of London
PROFESSOR MARY KALDOR
Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance,
London School of Economics
Chair: Benjamin Ramm
Editor, The Liberal
Thursday 31st May, 1-2pm
The RSA
8 John Adam Street
London
WC2N 6EZ
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Admission free, advance booking recommended.
Email lectures@rsa.org.uk to reserve your place
or call (020) 8444 1944 for further information.
The Liberal presents
SONGS OF SPRING
with
DAVID CONSTANTINE
& fellow poet-translators
Niccoló Milanese
Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Olivia McCannon
Sasha Dugdale
Wednesday 16th May, 7pm
Keats' House
Keats' Grove, Hampstead
London
NW3 2RR
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Admission £6/£4, glass of wine included.
To reserve your place, and for further information about future events,
email events@theliberal.co.uk or call us on (020) 8444 1944.
