The Fundación Tres Culturas collaborates with the Centro Andaluz de las Letras in the presentation of the book When the revolution is overby the writer and journalist Leila Nachawati, on Thursday 9 February at 7.30 p.m. at the Infanta Elena Public Library.
With this first novel, published by Turpial, Nachawati (lecturer at the Universidad Carlos III and columnist in eldiario.es)shows the civil disobedience movement led by a generation of Syrian men and women, as it evolved from peaceful mobilisations across the country in defiance of a decades-long dictatorship to the repression and open war that Syria is experiencing today. (Turpial) To introduce the author and discuss the book will be journalist Alejandro Luque.
The presentation will be followed by a musical performance by Javier Hang and David Martín.
Venue: Infanta Elena Public Library
Av. de María Luisa, 8
41013 Seville
About the author:
Leila Nachawati Rego is professor of journalism at the Carlos III University of Madrid and head of communications at the international human rights network Association for Progressive Communications.
A specialist in the Middle East, he collaborates with media such as eldiario.es, El Mundo, Global voices, Open Democracy and Al Jazeera English, as well as with channels such as La Sexta and Cuatro.
In 2013, together with a group of Syrian journalists, developers and designers, he founded the SyriaUntold portal, which aims to showcase the daily resistance of the Syrian population and their artistic and cultural production.
The daughter of a Syrian father and a Galician mother, she grew up between Damascus and Santiago de Compostela, and has lived and worked in Syria, Spain, the United States, Mexico and Morocco.
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