Czech Books Lamis Khalilová: Dumplings with an Arabic sauce
Lamis Khalilová is half Czech and half Palestinian. She is the head of the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at the Metropolitan University in Prague and is a member of the board of directors of Amnesty International for the Czech Republic. The battle for human rights is something that she cares about passionately and she has taken a particular interest in the complex problems faced by women in many parts of the Middle East. Lamis Khalilová also writes poetry and took part in the Poetry Festival that was held in the Czech Republic last November. We have heard a few languages in this programme over the years, including Romany, Slovak, Romanian and Latvian, but when I met Lamis at her office, she began by reciting a poem in a language that we have not yet featured in Czech Books.
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