A book talk by Shahd Abusalama in conversation with Cristina Mas

Monday, 28 April 2025, at 18:00

Sala Albert Calsamiglia (Located in Edifici Roger de Llúria)
Ciutadella Campus
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Shahd Abusalama is a Palestinian academic, author and artist, born and raised in Jabalia Refugee Camp, northern Gaza, currently based in Barcelona with her recently displaced family from Gaza. She got a Ph.D. from Sheffield Hallam University which explored the historical representations of Gaza and its refugees in documentary films. Her research is published by Bloomsbury and SOAS Palestine Studies, under the title, Between Reality and Documentary (2025). Dr. Abusalama is also a co-founder of London-based Hawiyya Dance Company which showcases Palestine’s folkloric Dabke and music to UK audiences and beyond to amplify anticolonial and antiracist causes.

Cristina Mas is a world reporter at the Ara newspaper.

Hosted by the UPF in Solidarity with Palestine collective and the Red Universitaria por Palestina (RUxP).

We will be serving light Palestinian snacks. For planning purposes, please sign up here if you plan to attend and would like to eat: https://forms.gle/3Wd7TvWa3bbEjMhi9

Directions to the building: https://www.upf.edu/web/campus/roger-de-lluria
(When you enter you will see signs to the Albert Calsamiglia room.)

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