Meet the author Samah Sabawi

Join us for a discussion with author, playwright, poet and award winner Samah Sabawi about her life and her book Cactus Pear For My Beloved.

Samah shares the story of her parents and many like them who were forced to leave their homeland of Gaza. It tells how Samah's father was a believer in peaceful resistance and became a leading Palestinian poet and writer before being forced (with his own young family in tow) to flee and start a new life in Australia.

As Samah put the finishing touches on this story, another war on Gaza began. Those in her family who had remained in Gaza have now all lost their homes. Much of the landscape described in the book has now turned to scorched earth.

This promises to be a fascinating discussion with Samah and we look forward to welcoming you.

Books will be available from Edgars Books & News ahead of the event and on the night. Samah will sign copies following the talk.