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Ithra Readers Club is an enriching youth forum where books from a variety of fields are discussed in public each month. The club aims to create a reader-friendly community and encourage discussions and analysis of serious books in a stimulating and liberating atmosphere. The books have been chosen by a committee from the Ithra Library team and have been approved by members before official club events.
Today’s reader is tomorrow's leader.
The program will discuss the following:
- Book: The Tribe that Laughs at Night, With Najwa Al-Otaibi (May 6, 2025)
- Book: Reader Come Home, With Tariq Khawaji (June 17, 2025)
- Book: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, With Basel Al-Ghamdi (July 8, 2025)
- Book: Daniel's Time in Fabric Town, With Kawthar Yusuf (August 5, 2025)
- Book: Reinvention, With Haifa Al-Owain (September 2, 2025)
- Book: A Matter of Death and Life, With Hisham AlObaili (October 14, 2025)
- Book: The Merchant of Opening Lines, With Faisal Al-Omar (November 4, 2025)
- Book: Memory Police, With Ahmed Al-Dulayjan (December 2, 2025)
Speakers
Tareq Al-Khawaji
Tariq Khawaji is an author and the Cultural Consultant to the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra). He has two publications to his name; Anime Castle and Ala’azif Ala Bawwabat Alfajr (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn).
Basel Al-Ghamdi
Basel Al-Ghamdi is a reader and former participant at iRead, Ithra’s Reading Enrichment program.
Kawthar Yusuf
Kawthar Youssef is a Saudi writer and reader, she has published two books, titled Eduardo's Hat and Al-Firdaws Neighborhood Building.
Haifa Al-Owain
Reader
Hisham Al-Abili
Hisham AlObaili is a Saudi reader and interviewer, he has hosted a number of dialogue sessions in the cultural field.
Faisal Al-Omar
Faisal Al-Omar is a reader and social media influencer.
Ahmed Al-Dulayjan
Ahmed Al-Dulayjan is a reader and member of the Ithra Readers Club
Najwa Al-Otaibi
Najwa Al-Otaibi is a Saudi writer, she has published a book titled Raf Alyawm.