San Casciano Editions hosted an event at Eteron on Thursday, 4 June 2026, featuring Isabella Hammad, author of The Parisian, Enter Ghost, and Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative.
Hammad delivered a lecture entitled “Standing on the Rubble: Ruins and the Work of Mourning”, followed by an open discussion with:
• Yara Hawari — academic, writer, and Co-Director of Al-Shabaka – The Palestinian Policy Network
• Stefanos Levidis — Founding Member and Co-Director of Forensic Architecture Initiative Athens
• Yannis Hamilakis — Professor of Archaeology and Modern Greek Studies at Brown University
Featured Speaker
Yara Hawari is Al-Shabaka’s co-director. She previously served as the Palestine policy fellow and senior analyst. Yara completed her PhD in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter, where she taught various undergraduate courses and continues to be an honorary research fellow. In addition to her academic work, which focused on indigenous studies and oral history, she is a frequent political commentator writing for various media outlets including The Guardian, Foreign Policy, and Al Jazeera English.
