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Where two literatures read each other.

A monthly gathering for literature, storytelling, translation, and identity — from Su Shi's poetry to Lu Xun's prose, mooncakes included. No expertise required. Only curiosity.

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One text. One evening. Many readings.

Each salon centres on a work of Chinese or Arab literature — read together, interpreted across languages, and discussed over tea. The salon's writing flows straight into the Media Studio, where members publish their reflections and translations.

Community reading & writing: members bring their own interpretations, translations, and original work.
Past themes: Su Shi's "Prelude to Water Melody" at Mid-Autumn, Lu Xun's The True Story of Ah-Q, and the art of translation itself.
Where: monthly in Jeddah — with a format any hub can host.

Literary Salon gathering in Jeddah — Literary Salon I — Mid-Autumn Festival at Al Maqam Cafe, Jeddah, October 2025.

Discussion at the Literary Salon — Poetry, mooncakes, and the untranslatable — salon evenings run on curiosity.

Literature is the shortcut between cultures.

Policy explains what two regions do; literature explains why. The salon builds the kind of understanding between Chinese and Gulf youth that no briefing paper can — one poem, one story, one argument about a translation at a time.

Where two literatures read each other.

One text. One evening. Many readings.

Literature is the shortcut between cultures.

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