# Event Details - **Event Name**: Palestine Minus One Manchester Launch - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join Comma Press to launch Palestine - 1, an anthology of fantastical Palestinian fiction exploring the build up to and aftermath of 1948About this EventIn collaboration with Comma Press, this event at Manchester Museum launches Palestine Minus One, a unique anthology of short fiction exploring the single event that underpins Israel’s 77-year occupation of historic Palestine: the Nakba of 1948. Join us for an evening of reflection, discussion, food, readings and artefacts from the Museum’s own archive, with the book's contributors, experts and one very special guest.We will be joined on the night by author Yara El-Ghadban and editor Basma Ghalayini, along with Gazan speculative fiction expert Shaimaa Abulebda, activist Musheir El Farra and a very special guest (tba).This event will include a dramatic reading of Yara El-Ghadban’s ‘Forest of Saffouryeh’ alongside extracts from the book, all accompanied by archive photography and traditional Palestinian food from Baity Palestinian Kitchen, who will be serving up small plates of lovingly prepared food, inspired by family recipes passed down through generations. Meat, vegetarian and vegan options available.Proceeds from this event will be donated to Sheffield PSC's Khan Younis emergency relief fund.About the BookTwelve Palestinian authors were invited to reflect on the events of 1948 – the systematic violence, massacres and forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of indigenous Palestinians - and to explore this trauma through speculative fiction. The result stands as a prequel to the award-winning Palestine + 100, and a unique response to the genocide we have witnessed over the last two years.About the speakersYara El-Ghadban is a Palestinian-Canadian novelist and anthropologist. She is the author of four novels. La danse des flamants roses (2024) won the Mare Nostrum Prize, the Prix du 3e Poulpe and was shortlisted for the Prix Frontières in France. Her third novel Je suis Ariel Sharon (2018) has been translated into English, Arabic and German. She lives and writes in Montreal, and will be joining us via videolink.Basma Ghalayini is the editor of the award-winning Palestine + 100: Stories from a Century After the Nakba. She is an occasional translator from the Arabic and is the Productions Manager at Comma Press. She was born in Khan Younis, and lived in the Gaza Strip until she was 27.Agenda?: 06:00 PM - 06:45 PMArrival and Food?: 06:45 PM - 08:00 PMReadings and Q+A - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/manchester/palestine-minus-one-manchester-launch/100001923548919599 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit, performances, theatre, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fpalestine-minus-one-manchester-launch-tickets-1923548919599 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 6.13, max: 16.96, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Manchester - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Manchester Museum - **lat**: 53.4664686 - **long**: -2.2342519 - **full address**: Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Comma Press (https://allevents.in/org/comma-press/17808111) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/bf111efeabfc88a2232021d3d38716d944310270f7a603de708c0475060ac8eb-rimg-w1200-h600-dca89075-gmir.jpg?v=1762473744 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/eb622e518743c81df52fa88cf7a1fbf956b702ce0d06a502a0a0d0b95963048b-rimg-w400-h400-dca79075-gmir.jpg?v=1762473743 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 6.13 up to 16.96 GBP - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Comma Press - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, nonprofit, performances, theatre, entertainment - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Palestine Minus One Manchester Launch ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Palestine Minus One Manchester Launch", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/bf111efeabfc88a2232021d3d38716d944310270f7a603de708c0475060ac8eb-rimg-w1200-h600-dca89075-gmir.jpg?v=1762473744", "startDate": "2025-12-03", "endDate": "2025-12-03", "url": "https://allevents.in/manchester/palestine-minus-one-manchester-launch/100001923548919599", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Manchester Museum", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Oxford Road", "postalCode": "M13 9PL", "addressLocality": "Manchester", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "53.4664686", "longitude": "-2.2342519" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join Comma Press to launch Palestine - 1, an anthology of fantastical Palestinian fiction exploring the build up to and aftermath of 1948", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "2025-12-03", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "lowPrice": "6.13", "highPrice": "16.96", "price": "6.13", "url": "https://allevents.in/manchester/palestine-minus-one-manchester-launch/100001923548919599" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/manchester/palestine-minus-one-manchester-launch/100001923548919599", "price": "11.55", "name": "General Admission" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/manchester/palestine-minus-one-manchester-launch/100001923548919599", "price": "6.13", "name": "Accessible Ticket" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/manchester/palestine-minus-one-manchester-launch/100001923548919599", "price": "16.96", "name": "Solidarity Ticket" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Comma Press", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/comma-press/17808111", "description": "Comma Press is a not-for-profit publishing initiative dedicated to promoting new writing, with an emphasis on the short story." } ] } ] ```