How the Arab World Read Don Quixote

Programme Type
Book of the World: Don Quixote
Venue

Don Quixote Stage

Date & Time
  • 16 Sep 01:00 PM
Session Details

Don Quixote has had a long life in Arabic, through translation, criticism, and the work of writers who found new meanings in Cervantes’s wandering knight.

This event looks at how Arab readers and authors have responded to the novel, and why Don Quixote became a figure for dreams, idealism, and the difficult pull of reality.

Speakers

Dr Mehmet Hakki Suçin

Dr Mehmet Hakki Suçin

Dr Mehmet Hakki Suçin

Dr Reem Bassiouney - Moderator

Dr Reem Bassiouney - Moderator

Dr Reem Bassiouney - Moderator