Authored: Sara Hamdan, What Will People Think?

An episode of the The Culture Counter podcast, hosted by The Arts Club Dubai, titled "Authored: Sara Hamdan, What Will People Think?" was published on December 16, 2025 and runs 48 minutes.

December 16, 2025 ·48m · The Culture Counter

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Writer and former New York Times journalist Sara Hamdan joins us at The Arts Club Dubai to discuss her debut novel, What Will People Think? — an intergenerational story moving between 2011 New York and 1947 Jaffa, exploring identity, legacy, and the tension between tradition and ambition. A Palestinian American raised in Greece and based in Dubai for two decades, Hamdan brings a global perspective shaped by a varied career in journalism, finance, and technology, including roles at Merrill Lyn...

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Writer and former New York Times journalist Sara Hamdan joins us at The Arts Club Dubai to discuss her debut novel, What Will People Think? — an intergenerational story moving between 2011 New York and 1947 Jaffa, exploring identity, legacy, and the tension between tradition and ambition.

A Palestinian American raised in Greece and based in Dubai for two decades, Hamdan brings a global perspective shaped by a varied career in journalism, finance, and technology, including roles at Merrill Lynch, Google, and her Netflix short story award. In conversation with Ahlam Bolooki, CEO of the Emirates Literature Foundation, she reflects on her creative process and the growing influence of regional voices in today’s literary landscape.

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