Hala Jaber
The Flying Carpet to Baghdad
- Date & Time
- 11 Apr 2010 - 16:30pm
- Venue
- Newnham College
- Ticket price
- 7/5
- Booking URL
- http://www.adctheatre.com
- Genre
- Non Fiction
- Authors
Prize-winning war correspondent Hala Jaber tells the incredible true story of a woman longing for a child, two small Iraqi girls in need of a mother, and what the love and grief between them can teach us about family, war and the hope for a future in war-torn Iraq.
Chaired by Sian Kevill, Director of BBC World News.
‘…a heart-rending and highly personal story by an incredibly brave woman.’ Christina Lamb, author of The Africa House.
The Full Line up
- Ellah Allfrey
- Christopher Andrew
- Franny Armstrong
- Phillip Augar
- Kat Banyard
- Laura Barber
- Martin Bell
- Craig Bennett
- Adam Blade
- Jo Broughton
- Colette Bryce
- Madeleine Bunting
- Rachel Calder
- Stephanie Calman
- Russell Celyn Jones
- Lucy Cousins
- Algy Craig Hall
- Richard Dearlove
- Patricia Duncker
- Andy English
- Maisy Event
- William Fiennes
- Annie Firbank
- Michael Fishwick
- Adam Foulds
- Kate Fox
- John Freeman
- Anne Garvey
- Malcolm Gaskill
- Ceri Goddard
- Abi Grant
- Sylvia Hallett
- Max Hallett
- Jeremy Hardy
- Jo Herbert
- Celia Hewitt
- Nick Hillman
- Pam Hirsch
- Alex Horne
- Will Hutton
- Hala Jaber
- Sophia Jansson
- Natania Janz
- Ceci Jenkinson
- Milton Jones
- Tony Juniper
- James Kelman
- A.L. Kennedy
- Sian Kevill
- Andrew Kidd
- Hanif Kureishi
- Michael Lawrence
- Prue Leith
- Sonia Leong
- Kathy Lette
- Emily Mackie
- Hilary Mantel
- Emma Mawdsley
- Sylvester McCoy
- Rory McGrath
- Jon McGregor
- Duncan Minshull
- Sasha Mitchell
- Sean Moore
- Blake Morrison
- Daljit Nagra
- Andrew O'Hagan
- Peter Owen Jones
- Jenny Parrott
- Don Paterson
- Rowan Pelling
- RR Prathap
- Matt Prendergast
- Philip Pullman
- Celia Rees
- Sian Reid
- Jane Rusbridge
- Geraldine Ryan
- Amy Sackville
- Max Schaefer
- Marcus Sedgwick
- Susan Sellars
- Jo Shapcott
- Owen Sheers
- Lionel Shriver
- Francesca Simon
- John Simpson
- Ali Smith
- Mortal Storm
- Peter Stothard
- Rebecca Stott
- Jeremy Strong
- Anusha Subramanyam
- Miguel Tantos
- Wonderful Beast Theatre Company
- Victor Watson
- Laura Watson
- Anna Whitelock
- Mary Kay Wilmers
- Lydia Wilson
- Titania Woods
- Evie Wyld
- Daniel Zeichner
