Join us for a conversation with writer Lina Shannak on her latest book "Qa’ Al Madina".

In this book we read the stories of residents of Jabal Al-Joufah in East Amman. They are the human faces behind figures in official reports:

- The number of families evacuated from Al-Joufah area after the collapse of several residential buildings there
- Families receiving assistance from the National Aid Fund
- Women married to non-Jordanians
- Young people held in administrative detention for fear of the risk they pose to the country
- Refugees who have found a safe haven in Jordan (or presumably so)
- Youth rebelling against injustice and seeking to reclaim their dignity and rights

“In early 2017, residential buildings collapsed in Jabal Al-Joufah in East Amman without causing any casualties or injuries. This was the first time we entered these streets. Afterwards, for over a year and a half, we followed the lives of several families in the area and accompanied them in their struggle to survive in a place that offers them very little choice…

Through this book, we enter the houses of some of the residents of Jabal Al-Joufah. Although all the characters in the book are from Jabal Al-Joufah, their voices express a wider and more general state of affairs that resonates with many marginalized communities around the country." - Lina Shannak

The talk will be in Arabic.