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في رواية «بيت من زخرف: عشيقة ابن رشد» يأخذنا إبراهيم فرغلي في رحلة بين زمنين: الأندلس في عصر ابن رشد، وزمننا المعاصر. نعيش حكاية حب متخيّلة تكشف جانبًا إنسانيًا من حياة الفيلسوف الكبير، ونواكب في الوقت نفسه قصة إسكندر، الأكاديمي المصري الذي يواجه الاضطهاد بسبب أفكاره، في توازٍ مؤلم مع ما تعرّض له ابن رشد من تكفير وحرق للكتب. بين قصتي الحب، وبين صراعات الفكر والعقل مع التشدّد، تطرح الرواية أسئلة عميقة حول دور المثقف، وقيمة التفكير النقدي، وخطورة محاربة الأفكار بدل مناقشتها. جلسة مناقشة هذه الرواية هي فرصة لقراءة التاريخ بعين الحاضر، والتأمل في علاقتنا اليوم بالعقل، والحرية، والاختلاف. هل تغيّر مصير المفكّر عبر الزمن، أم أن الصراع بين العقل والتشدّد ما زال يتكرّر بأشكال مختلفة؟

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Looking for a cozy, creative way to spend your afternoon and meet new people? Come join us for a relaxing Painting Meetup — complete with coffee, painting and good company. Whether you're an artist or a complete beginner, this is all about having fun, expressing yourself, and making genuine connections. ✨ What’s included: 🎨 choose your base- wall art/ Mandala and all painting supplies ☕ Coffee/ any hot beverage Perfect for: Creatives and non-creatives alike New people in town Solo, couples, friends all are welcome Anyone looking for a fun, low-pressure way to meet others 📍 DIFC 📅 15 February , Sunday 12-2PM 💵 AED 99 🔗 Whatsapp +971 529810589 https://www.instagram.com/dubaicreativemeetups Whatsapp community - https://chat.whatsapp.com/E3qoJlZfdcaAkyu0tf6xbI Unfortunately we won’t be able to entertain walk ins as we have to arrange all materials in advance, please pre book.

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For the first time ever Mafia Party Game on a Yacht. Join us for an amazing Mafia party game night ( multiple rounds ) on a yacht. Starting: at 7pm till late night. location: Dubai creek Harbour marina. Yacht is parked all night and not going to move so you can arrive at your leisure. Complimentary Water / Softdrink & snacks. Entrance fee: 55 AED Contact: 058 199 2288 ( Ramin ) WhatsApp group link : https://chat.whatsapp.com/ExhRxxpUtNqE3eNgYfhEQR?mode=wwt

**Our February novel is: Julia by Sandra Newman** **This month is a classic, dystopian, fiction, literary fiction, women’s fiction, and science fiction novel. The book is 394 pages in print and 14 hours and 20 minutes on audiobook.** **An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell’s 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith’s lover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra Newman.** Julia Worthing is a mechanic, working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. It’s 1984, and Britain (now called Airstrip One) has long been absorbed into the larger trans-Atlantic nation of Oceania. Oceania has been at war for as long as anyone can remember, and is ruled by an ultra-totalitarian Party, whose leader is a quasi-mythical figure called Big Brother. In short, everything about this world is as it is in Orwell’s 1984. All her life, Julia has known only Oceania, and, until she meets Winston Smith, she has never imagined anything else. She is an ideal citizen: cheerfully cynical, always ready with a bribe, piously repeating every political slogan while believing in nothing. She routinely breaks the rules, but also collaborates with the regime when necessary. Everyone likes Julia. Then one day she finds herself walking toward Winston Smith in a corridor and impulsively slips him a note, setting in motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story. Julia takes us on a surprising journey through Orwell’s now-iconic dystopia, with twists that reveal unexpected sides not only to Julia, but to other familiar figures in the 1984 universe. This unique perspective lays bare our own world in haunting and provocative ways, just as the original did almost seventy-five years ago.

Welcome, readers! Our February read is **_1984 by George Orwell._** In 1984, George Orwell imagines a world where the government watches everyone, rewrites reality, and punishes even private thoughts. Winston Smith dares to question this system, believing that truth and love might still exist. His rebellion draws him into a chilling struggle against a power that knows him better than he knows himself. The novel leaves readers asking whether freedom is possible when reality itself can be controlled. Looking forward to discussing with everyone! We will meet at Zaftig Brewing Co in their event room in the back. We are welcome to bring in our own food, but **drinks must be purchased at the bar.** Happy reading! 📖

We will have lunch at Cap City Diner in Gahanna at 12:00 then walk over to the theater afterwards. The Movie Solo Mio starts at 1:20.It will be posted when tickets available to purchase probably the week before then we’ll post our seat number so we can all sit together 😎

**I’m planning future book club meetups and would love your input. Please choose your top three from the list below—your picks will help decide what we read next!** **Book Options** *The Hong Kong Widow* – Kristen Loesch *American Spy* – Lauren Wilkinson *God of the Woods* – Liz Moore *Listen for the Lie* – Amy Tintera *The Swallows* – Lisa Lutz *The Drowning Kind* – Jennifer McMahon *The Eights* – Joanna Miller *The Quiet Librarian* – Allen Eskens Thanks so much for sharing your pick! Please **reply in the comments** with your top three. I can’t wait to see which books rise to the top and to discuss them together at our next meetups.

A classic Italian road comedy that was so good the film ministry recognized it as "culturally significant." Starring Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant, the film shows that for young men in love the rules of the road are only suggestions. And the rules for love? Hey, this is an Italian picture! Oh to be young and filled with joie de vivre or la dolce vita. A french/italian fun filled movie with a surprising twist at the end. Do you have a fun memory from your youth? Location TBD, but it will be in person for sure!