Zawaya, meaning “corners” in Arabic, is where edges, lines and sides meet. This book launch event celebrates a number of works published in the last year that explore new literary corners with a panel conversation. Authors include Sahar Mustafah, Eman Quotah, Hind Shoufani, and Maya Salameh. Come for new books & fresh perspectives.

Book signing to follow.

Free to the public with registration. A live-stream will also be available.

Author Sahar Mustafah will be joining Tinley Park Public Library for a Q&A session during the book discussion.

Join Sahar at Pilsen Community Books’s new location for a night of readings & community hosted by Exhibit B: A Literary Variety Show.

If you missed the January Book Club, stop by this lovely Chicago Indie Bookstore meet Sahar & get your book signed!

Join this amazing virtual space hosted by popular bookstagrammer Jordan Herndandez for February’s Book Club pick: The Slightest Green. Details to join here.

Join Chicago indie bookstore as we discuss our January book club pick: The Slightest Green by Sahar Mustafah, a local Palestinian-American author. Sahar will likely be joining for at least part of our book club meeting! Register here.

Come celebrate local Palestinian author Sahar Mustafah’s second novel THE SLIGHTEST GREEN! First 10 patrons will receive a free drink ticket (with purchase of a book). 10% of signed book copies will be donated to Pious Projects and PCRF. Support local small businesses in Little Palestine!

Reading & Signing. RSVP here.

This is a free hybrid event! You can join virtually or in-person to celebrate Sahar’s new novel THE SLIGHTEST GREEN. Register here.

Join us for an evening of Palestinian music and storytelling with award-winning novelist, Sahar Mustafah

Hosted by The Massachusetts Review, join us for an evening of Palestinian music and storytelling with award-winning novelist, Sahar Mustafah, and a performance by Layaali Arabic Music Ensemble. Refreshments and light snacks will be served. Free and open to the public.

Reserve your ticket here.

Meet & Greet local author and teacher Sahar Mustafah at a new literary space in Homewood. Enjoy light refreshments and purchase a copy of her new novel THE SLIGHTEST GREEN. Support an independently owned and woman-run business! RSVP for this free event!

Join Sahar Mustafah in conversation with poet Faisal Mohyuddin to celebrate her new novel. Hosted by Women & Children First. Free event—please register here.

Join Sahar as she reads from her forthcoming novel The Slightest Green. This is a special event with the Guild Complex featuring six new books by six amazing, local self- identifying women authors. These fiction, poetry and short stories center themes including the magic of water, ancestral legacy, grief, longing and memory. This is truly a lineup not to be missed. 

Register here!

Join Sahar Mustafah in conversation with brilliant author Safa Suleiman to discuss her debut children’s book Hilwa’s Gifts at Pilsen Community Books.

Meet Sahar Mustafah and get an autographed copy of The Beauty of Your Face. 100% of proceeds will be donated to Gaza humanitarian efforts. Register to attend.

Join the Palestine Museum’s special virtual series Madafah as it hosts contributors to the inaugural anthology from Palestine Writes Press: ASK THE NIGHT FOR A DREAM: Palestinian Writing from the Diaspora. Sahar Mustafah will be introducing the book and moderating this exciting reading.

Join Sahar Mustafah for an in-person public reading & generative writing workshop at Elgin Community College. Free & open to the public.

Zoom link available.

Join Read & Run Chicago guide and Associate Professor at Valparaiso University George Potter for an easy-paced (11:00 min/mile), 4-mile guided run in Bridgeview, a Southwest Chicago suburb with one of the highest concentrations of Palestinian Americans. Inspired by Sahar Mustafah's coming-of-age novel set in fictitious Tempest, Illinois, The Beauty of Your Face*, you'll discuss the novel and learn about the real-life situations facing Palestinian-Americans in the Chicago suburbs highlighted in the text, including domestic and international migration and post-9/11 surveillance of Palestinians in Chicago. Following the route, we'll meet with author Sahar Mustafah at Al Bawadi (7216 W. 87th, Bridgeview) for an intimate meet-and-greet. Light bites are included in the ticket and additional food will also be available for purchase.

A portion of all ticket sales will be donated to humanitarian relief in Gaza.Register here!

Join us as we welcome Palestinian American authors Sahar Mustafah and Hannah Moushabeck to the store for an enlightening conversation on the power of writing as a form of resistance. Mustafah, the daughter of immigrants and author of the critically acclaimed The Beauty of Your Face, explores themes of identity, displacement, and resilience. Moushabeck, a second-generation Palestinian American and award-winning author of the picture book Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine, co-runs Interlink Publishing, the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the United States. Together, they will discuss how their writing serves as a powerful tool for challenging narratives, inspiring change, and honoring the rich history of Palestine.

We’ll excavate our origin stories in a 90-minute session of guided writing. Registration requires proof of minimum of a $20 donation to HEAL Palestine. 100% of proceeds will go directly to this non-profit organization to support humanitarian relief in Gaza including medical treatment abroad in the United States for children of Gaza.

This virtual workshop is ideal for new and beginning writers—everyone is welcome! A signed copy of The Beauty of Your Face giveaway and other raffle prizes!

Once you’ve completed the form, you will receive a Zoom link 24-48 hours before our session.

An online writing workshop for new and emerging writers sponsored by The Center for Fiction. Please register here.

Sahar Mustafah will join other Chicago creatives and Justice 4 Palestine at NEIU, a student-led group, for a concert to raise funds for organizations that are providing relief to the people of Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Palestine. Specifically, we have chosen to uplift Darfur Women Action Group (Sudan), Friends of the Congo, and Pious Projects (Palestine).

Gather for an event for the community, by the community in an effort to raise funds for Gaza. Profits and proceeds from the event will be donated to Pious Projects Emergency Relief Fund for Gaza.

Center Stage - A Literary Mash Up - Presented by The Guild Complex, Hypertext, and RHINO Poetry. Featuring Nazifa Islam, Sahar Mustafah, Cheryl Dyer, Luis Tubens, Timothy David Rey, and Jameka Williams. Emceed by Virginia Bell, Andrea Change, and Chris Rice. 

Join Sahar in a virtual conversation with afikra, a grassroots movement that evolved into a global media and educational platform focused on the history and culture of the Arab world. RSVP

“2022 is the year of new vision for life and for work. Join us this spring as we explore what it means to deepen the work we’re already doing and reimagine what it means to be women writers and creatives. We’ll talk craft, explore new ways to gain inspiration and of course go in depth on the work of revision.

So come re-vision yourself (and your writing) this spring at the 2022 conference.” HerStry

In this workshop, we will explore ways of re-entering our stories, as well as strategies to expand characters and scenes in meaningful ways. We will also examine the roles trauma and joy play in shaping our narratives and bridging the distance between writer and characters. With the aid of mentor texts and hands-on application, participants will generate new writing to support current projects or discover leads to new ones. Register here.

A reading and Q&A with Columbia College alumni hosted by

https://colum.zoom.us/j/97135416758

Meeting ID: 971 3541 6758

Passcode: ECW