What Strange Paradise
Omar El Akkad
U of G’s annual common reading project – Gryphons Read – celebrates its seventh iteration. This year’s novel is What Strange Paradise, by Egyptian-Canadian author and journalist, Omar El Akkad. It is the story of two children finding their way through a hostile world. But it is also a story of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair – and about the way each of those things can blind us to reality.
Join the Centre for Scottish Studies online this fall for a series of fascinating lectures focused on Historical Travels in Scotland & Scottish Travellers Abroad, featuring international experts sharing their insights.
Registration is free!
Voyages to Scotland and Scots Voyaging Abroad: Histories of Travel
Featured Speaker:
Thesis Title: "Posthuman Labour Solidarity and the Dialectics of Animal Community:
Confronting the Contradictions of Anthropocentrism Through Cinematic Imaginaries"
ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND (IN PERSON)
