It's the Literature Department of the Beït al-Hikma Academy, through its study group on Tunisian literature, that is organising this gathering around Béchir Garbouj's Crossed Ligaments. Réalités Magazine followed the proceedings, and we're bringing you this literary event with the same warmth for Tunisian letters.
Who is organising this literary gathering?
There’s something reassuring about this kind of event: an academy taking the time to dwell on a Tunisian novel, and a fellow outlet’s coverage that lets us all follow its echo.
This gathering is hosted by the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts Beït al-Hikma, through its Literature Department, which organises the discussion around Béchir Garbouj's novel.
The initiative comes from the study and research group on Tunisian literature, which falls under this department. It’s a space designed to spotlight the voices of Tunisian literature, and this time it turns to Crossed Ligaments.
What role does the study group on Tunisian literature play?
This gathering doesn’t come out of nowhere: it’s part of the ongoing work of the Literature Department at the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts Beït al-Hikma. Within this department sits a study and research group devoted to Tunisian literature, the natural home for a novel like Béchir Garbouj’s.
This group gives the Literature Department an ongoing space to examine Tunisian fiction over time. The gathering around Crossed Ligaments is one moment in this collective reading effort, led by the Beït al-Hikma Academy.
Where can you follow this tribute to Béchir Garbouj’s novel?
We know about this gathering around Crossed Ligaments thanks to Réalités Magazine, which followed the proceedings at Beït al-Hikma. It’s coverage we’re glad to pass along: this is also how Tunisian literary life travels, from one outlet to another, all the way to you.
If this gathering around Béchir Garbouj has moved you, the best way to miss nothing is to keep an eye on Beït al-Hikma’s own news. The institution keeps opening its doors to authors and to those who read them.
There’s something reassuring about this kind of event: an academy taking the time to dwell on a Tunisian novel, and a fellow outlet’s coverage that lets us all follow its echo. Let’s keep watching for Beït al-Hikma’s next gatherings.
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