To Write from a Place
28 July 2026, 7pm
Participate in a creative writing workshop led by Palestinian author Heba Hayek and Lebanese poet Nur Turkmani.
What does it mean to write from a place rather than merely about it? How have the places we come from shaped our ways of seeing? How do we shape a place in return through story, attention, witness?
In this two-hour workshop, we will explore place as a living, breathing thing. Through reading, discussion and writing exercises, we will think of writing as a way of staying with a place’s histories, contradictions and possibilities.
This workshop is part of a series of events marking the launch of Nur Turkmani’s debut poetry collection, October, reflecting on transformation and loss over six autumns in Lebanon since 2019.
This event is a collaboration between Hajar Press, Maqam Books and Mosaic Rooms.
Places are very limited. Please only book if you are sure to attend.
Image: Portraits of Nur Turkmani and Heba Hayek. Courtesy of the artists.
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ABOUT
Nur Turkmani is a writer from Beirut. Her work appears in Poetry, New England Review, Copper Nickel, The Rumpus and others. Her debut poetry collection, October, was published by Hajar Press in 2026. She was awarded the Anthony Veasna So Scholarship for fiction from The Adroit Journal.
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