Bookoholics have had quite a busy and fruitful year, find below the different meetings that were held in 2016 (the books' theme was books from around the world):
1. Blind Date with A Book # 3: Jan 13
2. Discussion of Geraldine Brooks' People of the Book (led by Katia): Jan 25
3. Discussion of وجه مارغريت القبيح with its author Kassem Marwani (led by Hoda, Rihab, Salam, Nadia, Rayane): Feb 5
4. Discussion of Nikos Kazantzakis' Book from Greece, Zorba The Greek (led by Rihab): Feb 23
5. Discussion of Aravind Adiga's Book from India, The White Tiger (led by Rayane): Mar 17
6. Discussion of صانع الألعاب + وارسو قبل قليل with its author Ahmad Mohsen (led by Hoda and Rihab): Apr 7
7. Discussion of Mohammad El Baridy's Book from Tunisia, جارتي تسحب ستارتها (led by Hoda) + Poetry Reading: Apr 25
8. Lunch at Shakespeare n Co: May 22
9. Discussion of William Saroyan's Book from Armenia, My Name Is Aram (led by Raghd) + David Foenkinos' Book From France, La Délicatesse (led by Maysoon): Jun 3
10. Iftar on June 24
11. Bookoholics' 4th Year Anniversary featuring John Green; Discussion of his 4 novels An Abundance of Katherines, The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Papertowns (led by Hoda, Mohammad Zein, Salam, Selim): Jul 12
12. Farewell gathering on July 16
13. Discussion of Sun Mi Hwang's Book from South Korea, The Hen who Dreamed She Could Fly (led by Salam) + Valeria Luiselli's Book from Mexico (led by Mohammad Zein), The Story of My Teeth: Aug 5
14. Discussion of الخلدان الصماء with its author Abed El Hakim El Kadiry (led by Hoda): Sep 9
15. Discussion of Sadegh Hedayat's Book from Iran, The Blind Owl (led by Malak) + Betoul El Khodeiry's Book from Iraq, كم بدت السماء قريبة (led by Zainab): Sep 16
16. Discussion of Julie Otsuka's Book from Japan, When the Emperor Was Divine (led by Mohammad Saab): Oct 10
17. Attending the meeting with author Sinan Antoon: Nov 5
18. Discussion of Celeste Ng's Book from China, Everything I Never Told You (led by Moustafa) + Jorge Luis Borges' Book from Argentina, The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory (led by Mohammad Zein): Nov 7
19. Discussion of Muriel Barbery's L'Elégance du Hérisson (led by Rihab) at Le Salon Du Livre Francophone: Nov 12
20. Visit to the National Library: Nov 17
21. Discussion of Maksim Gorky's Book from Russia, Mother (led by Hoda): Nov 30
22. Discussion of Javier Marias' Book from Spain, A Heart So White (led by Hoda and Majida): Dec 14