Plimpton Prize winner Isabella Hammad will discuss her acclaimed debut novel, The Parisian, which narrates with breathtaking mastery the life and times of Midhat Kamal, son of a wealthy Nablus merchant, as a window onto pivotal years (1917-1939) in the making of the Palestinian nation. The author will read passages from the novel and sign copies.

This event is sponsored by the Leslie Humanities Center, Jewish Studies and Middle Eastern Studies and is free and open to the public.