Bookoholics' Year 2016 Round Up

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