# Book Launch Leila Aboulela: Writing as Refuge by Bhakti Shringarpure

Book Launch Leila Aboulela: Writing as Refuge by Bhakti Shringarpure at SOAS University of London, Tuesday 10 November 2026, 17:00.

- Venue: SOAS University of London
- With: Ida Hadjivayanis
- Go to page: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/book-launch-leila-aboulela-writing-refuge-bhakti-shringarpure

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A book launch for 'Leila Aboulela: Writing as Refuge' by Bhakti Shringarpure, the first full-length biography of the acclaimed Sudanese writer and the first in a forthcoming series of African writers' biographies. Shringarpure, a Paris-based writer, editor and producer, explores Aboulela's childhood in Khartoum, her migration to Scotland and her journey to becoming a writer, weaving together interviews and literary criticism. The event is chaired by Ida Hadjivayanis, Director of the Centre of African Studies at SOAS.

## Dates

- Tuesday 10 November 17:00 — SOAS University of London

Written by a model, sources: [soas.ac.uk](https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/book-launch-leila-aboulela-writing-refuge-bhakti-shringarpure)

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