Hajar Reads: Place

Join us for our final reading and discussion group of the year! This session will be co-facilitated by Hajar Press author Heba Hayek.

About this Event‘The bakery opens.

Bread rises like lungs.I know this neighbourhoodthe way one recalls a dream …’— Nur Turkmani, ‘Hamra’, October

How have the places we come from shaped our ways of seeing? How do we shape a place in return through story, attention, witness?Join us for Hajar Reads: Place, where we’ll discuss place as a living, breathing archive. In this final Hajar Reads of 2026, we’ll be joined by Hajar Press author Heba Hayek.

We’ll use short extracts from selected Hajar Press titles— (Heba Hayek) and (Nur Turkmani)—to prompt discussions and reflective moments. We’ll also use some short creative writing prompts to further think through themes discussed.

There’s no preparation needed for this session; just come along ready to listen and share!‘If you lose an arm, your brain will think it still exists … The truth is, nothing is more excruciati