Safha Jadida (New Leaf) – 2005
The 2nd Literary Platform for Young Arab Writers in Bahrain
The 2nd Literary Platform for Young Arab Writers “Safha Jadida” was held in Bahrain during the period 20 to 26 December 2005. “Safha Jadida” is organized by Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy) in collaboration with Al Riwaq Gallery and Al Watan Newspaper in Bahrain. “Safha Jadida” was held for the first time in July 2004 in Egypt and has attracted a wide number of young Arab writers.
In “Safha Jadida” 18 young Arab writers between ages fifteen and thirty from eleven countries: Jordan, Bahrain, Tunis, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman, Syria, Palestine, Libya, Egypt and Morocco met for one week and engaged in creative writing workshops and discussions.
The platform included 2 lectures by the Bahraini literary critic Mohamed Al Banki and the Egyptian journalist Sayed Mahmoud and a presentation by the Bahraini poet Kassem Haddad.
The discussions were moderated by the Libyan American poet Khaled Mettawe and the Egyptian writer Sahar El-Mougy. A book documenting these discussions and including selected texts by some of the participants will be published soon.
The platform was concluded with two public readings in Abdullah Al Zayed Center for Bahraini Journalistic Heritage and Al Riwaq Art Gallery.
The participants in Safha Jadida 2005 are:
Jordan:
- Diala Khasawnih
Bahrain:
- Aicha Al Sakr
Tunis:
- Walid Zeribi
- Yousra Frawes
Algeria:
- Faiza Mostefa
Saudi Arabia:
- Mohamed Kheidr
Sultanate of Oman
- Mazin Habib
Syria:
- Al Phares Al Zahabi
- Amr sawah
- Maram Islamboli
Palestine:
- Maliha Maslamani
Libya:
- Saleh Gaderbooh
Egypt:
- Bassem Sharaf
- Mohamed Salah Al Azzab
- Mohamed Abdel Nabi
Morocco:
- Rachid Mouniri
- Abdel Aziz Errachidi
- Mohssine Akhrif
