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  • Hadani in Babylon
  • Hadani at the restored Al Tahera Church in Mosul 2025
  • Al Taher Church in Mosul 2019 - photo credit Hadani Ditmars
  • Hadani at the al Hadba minaret in Mosul's Al Nuri Mosque 2019
  • The restored al Hadba minaret in 2025
  • Hadani with Iraqi army escort in Mosul's Christian quarter 2019 before it was completely demined
  • Hadani singing with Ehsan Emma at the old Iraqi Cultural Centre in Shepherd's Bush
  • Hadani's photo of school children in Baghdad 2000
  • girl at Al Gaylani Mosque in Baghdad December 1998 after Desert Fox bombing - photo credit Hadani Ditmars
  • A man walks by a Saddam era replica of the ziggurat of Ur in Nasriyeh in 2000- photo credit Hadani Ditmars
  • Actress Shadeh Salem at the Abbasid Palace Baghdad 2000- photo credit Hadani Ditmars
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A Musical/Literary Journey Through Iraq: An Evening at St. Mary Le Strand with Author Hadani Ditmars

Tue 16 Jun 2026 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM St Mary Le Strand Church, WC2R 1ES

A Musical/Literary Journey Through Iraq: An Evening at St. Mary Le Strand with Author Hadani Ditmars

Tue 16 Jun 2026 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM St Mary Le Strand Church, WC2R 1ES

JOIN CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED WRITER HADANI DITMARS, asialiteraryagency.org/authors/hadani-ditmars  AS SHE READS FROM HER FIRST BOOK DANCING IN THE NO-FLY ZONE- about pre- and post-invasion culture- hadaniditmars.com/books/index.html  AND HER BOOK IN PROGRESS  BETWEEN TWO RIVERS - tinyurl.com/3y4hp6bx exploring  IRAQI’s Mesopotamian,Jewish, Muslim and Christian heritage as a vehicle for peace. Readings will be interspersed with sung poetry in Spanish, Arabic and English and HISPANO-ARAB FLAMENCO AS HADANI SINGS GARCIA LORCA SONGS  and Iraqi folk songs, ACCOMPANYING HERSELF ON GUITAR WITH Ehsan Al-Emam on oud. (see:youtube.com/watch?v=qRH6TWKHzxw)

Location

St Mary Le Strand Church, WC2R 1ES