Readings, conversations and selected past theatre records. Forthcoming events appear when confirmed.
· The Sekforde · London · Advertised programme
Exiled Writers Ink lists Rabihavi for an evening of poetry, prose and conversation with writers from Syria, Afghanistan and Iran. The retained September programme supports the announced appearance; it does not establish completed attendance.
Hosted by Tamanna Easar and Katy Belyani · Exiled Writers Ink
Organiser’s monthly programme· University of British Columbia · Vancouver & online · Recorded discussion
The Department of Asian Studies and Persian Literature Reading Club announced a discussion of From This Place. The university’s published recording description identifies Rabihavi as guest speaker and states that the presentation was delivered in person and online via Zoom.
UBC Department of Asian Studies · Persian Literature Reading Club
University event record· Palais du Gouvernement · Nancy · Room 1 · Advertised programme
The Livres d’Ailleurs programme lists Rabihavi alongside Ali al-Muqri, Nedim Gürsel, Khosraw Mani and Prajwal Parajuly for a multilingual recital by Mathieu Stoeckel. It records the invitation and scheduled session, rather than a transcript or an attendance report.
Livres d’Ailleurs · Mathieu Stoeckel
Publisher’s festival programme· Palais du Gouvernement · Nancy · Room 1 · Advertised programme
The Sunday programme names Chahla Chafiq, Nedim Gürsel and Rabihavi for a discussion moderated by Kenza Sefrioui. The publisher places it within the 7–9 April Livres d’Ailleurs festival.
Moderated by Kenza Sefrioui · Livres d’Ailleurs
Publisher’s festival programme· Palais du Gouvernement · Nancy · Advertised programme
Rabihavi, Hyam Yared and Fadi Zaghmout are named for a discussion of how political violence enters intimate life, and how desire and love can offer resilience. The retained page places the session on Saturday but its displaced time line does not establish an unambiguous start time.
Moderated by Kenza Sefrioui · Livres d’Ailleurs
Publisher’s festival programme· Theater am Leibnizplatz · Bremen · Advertised programme
The announcement accompanying Emma Rotermund’s conversation with Sujet publisher Madjid Mohit lists Rabihavi reading Söhne der Liebe and Nava Ebrahimi reading from Der Cousin and Das Paradies meines Nachbarn. It establishes the advertised programme, rather than completed attendance or a recording of the evening.
Ghazi Rabihavi and Nava Ebrahimi · announcement in taz
Original interview and reading announcementLiterature with roots in the air · the publisher’s conversation
· London programme · venue not specified · Advertised programme
Baang’s 27 April announcement names Rabihavi among the second-night readers at the two-day poetry festival. The published timetable gives an evening programme from 8 pm to midnight in London time; it does not give a separate start time for his reading. The announcement supports the invitation, without establishing attendance or which text he read.
Festival programme published by Baang
Original festival announcement and timetable· Les Mots à la bouche bookshop · Paris 75010 · Advertised programme
Philippe Brenot’s 20 August review of Les Garçons de l’amour announces Rabihavi at this Paris bookshop on 1 October. It gives the date and district, without a start time, transcript or confirmation that the appearance took place.
Appearance announced by Philippe Brenot · Le Monde, sexology blog
Original review and appearance announcement· Utopiran bookshop · Paris 75015 · Advertised programme
The same August review advertises a second Paris bookshop appearance, at Utopiran on 3 October. This separate scheduled date is retained as an invitation; attendance and the text discussed or read are not established by the announcement.
Appearance announced by Philippe Brenot · Le Monde, sexology blog
Original review and appearance announcement· Gif-sur-Yvette · France · Advertised programme
Brenot’s announcement also places Rabihavi at Festival VO–VF on 4 October. The source prints the town as “Gyf-Sur-Yvette”; the familiar place-name is shown here as Gif-sur-Yvette. No particular session, translator, recording or completed participation is inferred from this short notice.
Appearance announced by Philippe Brenot · Le Monde, sexology blog
Original review and festival announcement5 October 1997 · Recorded in the official Pinter archive
Almeida Theatre · London
Premiere · 17 January 1999 · Catalogued premiere
Cosmic Theater · Amsterdam
Festival run · 14 July–20 August 2000 · Recorded in the company’s festival archive
EXIT Theater · San Francisco
Series One · 27–30 September 2001 · Scheduled in the official production programme
Yugen-Noh Space · San Francisco
Announced for October 2001 · Announced; a completed run is not established here
21–25 August 2002 · Historical listing and contemporary interview
BAC · Battersea Arts Centre · London
4 February 2008 · Performance named in the historical programme
4 August 2008 · Reported in the published magazine
Poetry Cafe · London
March 2009 · announced 23–28 / 24–28 · Announced production; opening day differs between sources
TARA Arts · London
Announced for 23 October 2009 · Announced by the organiser
Amnesty UK Human Rights Action Centre · London
January 2013 · exact day unverified · Reported in a contemporary festival review
2014 · exact performance day unverified · Reported after the festival
artsdepot · London
2015 · exact performance day unverified · Reported in the BBC review
Advertised for 14–15 September 2016 · Advertised schedule; production subsequently reviewed
Announced for 24 February 2024 · Announced by the bookshop
Naakojaa bookshop · Paris
No forthcoming events have been announced here.