13 December at 1.30 p.m. Join the conversation 

Venue : Building E, Door 40, 1st floor, Room XXVI  

• Welcome and opening statement  by:  Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General United Nations Office at Geneva 

• Ms. Kira Kruglikova, Director Division of Conference Management  

Introduction by the moderator Ms. Cherine Haidar Ahmad  

• Panel discussion with Ms. Hoda Barakat, novelist and winner of the Arabic Booker Prize and Mr. Farouk Mardam-Bey, author, editor and director of the «Sindbad» collection from Actes Sud,  

• Dr Nabil Bahjat, author, founder and Executive Director of the Egyptian Traditional “Aragoz” and Shadow Puppetry Festival, intervention and video of a Shadow performance with subtitling 

• Poetry by Mr. Manaf Mohamed  

• Musical performance by Mr. Zaid Tayem (Oud) and Mr. Mohamed Assi  

14 December  12.30-2 p.m. Learn a new skill 

Venue: exhibition area outside rooms XXV - XXVI 

Calligraphy workshop by Ms. Maryam Altamimi 

Arabic dishes at the cafeteria on 13 December 

Organized with the support of the UNOG Arabic Book Club