Literature: Osman Yousefzada

Join Osman Yousefzada, an internationally renowned artist and writer.

He will discuss his Memoir ‘The Go Between’ reviewed by Stephen Fry as ‘one of the greatest childhood memoirs of our time’. The book is narrated through the eyes of a child, trying to make sense of the adult world.

His visual art practice, has been shown internationally and his works explore themes of rupture, migration, intergenerational tacit knowledge, and these conversations take forms in sculpture, textiles and installation work. Yousefzada says ‘he copies his mother to become an artist.

Hosted by: Dr Richard Fay, Senior Lecturer in Education (TESOL , Manchester Institute of Education)

Chief Guest: Dr Jane Ali-Knight, Professor in Festival and Event

Management, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Host or Publisher MACFEST - Muslim Arts and Culture Festival.