# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Tareq Baconi, with Robin D. G. Kelley, presents Fire in Every Direction
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The renowned Palestinian writer, scholar, and activist discusses & signs his new memoirAbout this Event“I am forever changed after reading this book.” —Javier Zamora, author of SolitoFrom the renowned Palestinian scholar, a memoir of political and queer awakening, of impossible love amidst generations of displacement, and what it means to return home.Both a love story and a coming-of-age tale that spans countries and continents, Fire in Every Direction balances humor and loss, nostalgia and hope, as it takes us from the Middle East to London, and from 1948 to the present. Tareq Baconi crafts a deeply intimate, unforgettable portrait of how a political consciousness—desire and resistance—is passed down through generations.In 1948, Tareq’s grandmother, Eva, would flee Haifa as Zionist militias seized the city. In the late 1970s, she would flee Beirut with her daughter, Rima, as the country was in the throes of a civil war. In Amman, the family would eventually obtain the comfort of middle-class life—still, a young Tareq would feel trapped: by cultures of silence, by a sense of not belonging, by his own growing awareness that he is in love with his childhood best friend, Ramzi.After relocating to London for college, Tareq hopes to put aside his past, and begins to work through an understanding of self as a queer man. Yet as the Iraq War radicalizes young people around the world towards anti-war protest, history comes back to him: hushed whispers overheard, stories of his mother’s years as an activist in Beirut and her return to Palestine during a moment of calm.Living between the region and London, Tareq fits in neither and feels alienated from both. Queerness is policed back in Amman, just as his Palestinian-ness is abroad. These gradual estrangements escalate, forcing him to grapple with what it means to live in liminal spaces, and rethink the meaning of home. Eventually, tracing the journey of his family before him, Tareq returns to Palestine.This is an account of finding oneself through histories of dispossession and reclaiming what has been silenced.*This is a non-ticketed event, free RSVP event. Please note: an RSVP does not guarantee seating if we reach capacity. Please plan on arriving early.There will be an option to purchase Fire in Every Direction when you check out and you will receive it the evening of the event.Questions? Please email promo@vromansbookstore.com or call us at (626)449-5320
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/pasadena/tareq-baconi-with-robin-d-g-kelley-presents-fire-in-every-direction/100001962597900151
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 34.74, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Pasadena
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Vroman's Bookstore
- **lat**: 34.1460773
- **long**: -118.1360919
- **full address**: Vroman's Bookstore, 695 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, United States

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- **organizer**: Vroman's Bookstore (https://allevents.in/org/vromans-bookstore/22705123)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Vroman's Bookstore, 695 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 0 up to 34.74 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Vroman's Bookstore
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Tareq Baconi, with Robin D. G. Kelley, presents Fire in Every Direction ?
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