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AMONGSTWOMENTALKS & DISCUSSIONSTALKING ABOUT REVOLUTION:AHDAF SOUEIF IN CONVERSATION WITH RACHEL HOLMESElmwood HallSunday 30 August2:00pm | £10/£8 | 75 minsNovelist, activist, commentator – Ahdaf Soueif is aleading public intellectual of our time. As theEgyptian Revolution erupted in January 2011, shereported for the world’s media live from Tahir Squarein her home city of Cairo. Soueif combines humanstories with acute political analysis andunderstanding of the global political landscape. Hereshe reads from her work and talks with EleanorMarx’s biographer, Rachel Holmes about modernglobalisation, communications, ideology and the roleof feminism in revolutions. How can we build andbroaden a common ground in which everybody iswelcome?TALKS & DISCUSSIONSON FRIENDSHIP:LYNN BARBER AND KATHY LETTEElmwood HallSunday 30 August4:00pm | £10/£8 | 75 minsDoes friendship matter more to women than tomen? Are they better at it? Lynn Barber and KathyLette consider this and other questions as theyexplore the role of friendship in their own lives.Lynn Barber is an award-winning British journalist.Her books include two collections of interviews,Mostly Men and Demon Barber, and her memoir, AnEducation, was made into an award-winning filmstarring Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike. KathyLette was born in Sydney, Australia. She had earlysuccess with her first novel, Puberty Blues, writtenwhen she was just 17. After several years as acolumnist and sitcom writer she returned to novelsand has penned 11 international bestsellers to date,including Mad Cows and her most recent novel, TheBoy Who Fell to Earth.30 LUGHNASA INTERNATIONAL FRIEL FESTIVAL 2015