Event Speaker: Kamila Shamsie

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  • Two portraits of female authors, Kiran Desai and Kamila Shamsie, with text detailing their literary awards, against a brown patterned background promoting the Qalam Series: Great Writers in Conversation event.

    Kiran Desai in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

    February 16, 2026

    Kiran Desai is the Booker Prize winning author of three novels, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, The Inheritance of Loss, and Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard.

  • Event poster featuring Pankaj Mishra and Kamila Shamsie for the Qalam Series at Georgetown University Qatar on November 18, 2025. Includes photos of both writers and details about their achievements and event timing.

    Qalam Series: Pankaj Mishra in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

    November 18, 2025

    Pankaj Mishra in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

  • Event poster for Qalam Series: Great Writers in Conversation featuring portraits of Nadifa Mohamed and Kamila Shamsie, with event details for October 29, 2025 at Georgetown University Qatar Library.

    Qalam Series: Nadifa Mohamed in conversation with Kamila Shamsie

    October 29, 2025

    Nadifa Mohamed is the author of The Fortune Men, shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and winner of Wales Book of the Year.

  • Picture of Isabella Hammad

    Kamila Shamsie in conversation with Isabella Hammad

    September 23, 2025

    Isabella Hammad is the author of Recognizing the Stranger and the novels The Parisian and Enter Ghost.

  • A woman with medium-length black hair and a serious expression wears a gray top and a silver necklace, standing in front of a blurred green background.

    Sonali Deraniyagala in conversation with Kamila Shamsie

    April 22, 2025

    Join us for the final event in our Qalam series this term, featuring acclaimed author and academic Sonali Deraniyagala.

  • A woman with curly brown hair smiles gently, resting her chin on her hand. She wears a dark top, colorful chunky bracelets, and drop earrings, with a teal-blue background behind her.

    Carol Becker in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie | Book Launch

    March 16, 2025

    Carol Becker, Distinguished Scholar-in Residence at Georgetown University Qatar, talks about her new memoir George's Daughter

  • A woman with medium-length dark hair and light skin looks directly at the camera. She is wearing a dark blue top, a gold chain necklace, and small green stud earrings, with a neutral brown background.

    Qalam Series: A Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

    February 16, 2025

    Join us for the first Qalam event of 2025, featuring award-winning novelist Kamila Shamsie.

  • Poster with the text An Evening with Omar El Akkad and Kamila Shamsie above portraits of a man and a woman, both with neutral expressions, against a blue and pink gradient background.

    An Evening with Omar El Akkad and Kamila Shamsie

    November 18, 2024

    The event will take place in the Auditorium at Georgetown University in Qatar.

  • A man with short dark hair, glasses, and light stubble wears a black turtleneck sweater. He is looking at the camera with a neutral expression against a softly blurred indoor background.

    Hisham Matar in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

    October 23, 2024

    Hisham Matar was born in New York City to Libyan parents. He is the author of the novels In the Country of Men, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and Anatomy of a Disappearance.

  • A grayscale portrait of an older man with short curly gray hair, a mustache, and a goatee. He is wearing a white shirt and a dark jacket, looking thoughtfully to the side against a dark background.

    Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

    September 15, 2024

    Qalam: Great Writers in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie