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Singapore Writers Festival: Home, racism and raging feminism spark thoughtful sessions
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SINGAPORE – A sombre, thoughtful mood settled over the Singapore Writers Festival last Saturday as topics of home, racism and feminism engaged audience members.
Heart Is Where The Home Is featured Filipina-Australian writer Merlinda Bobis, Canadian journalist Kamal Al-Solaylee, Afghani writer and film-maker Atiq Rahimi and former footballer Lilian Thuram in a thoughtful, emotional discussion on what home means when you leave your country of birth.
