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Join us to hear Nussaibah Younis in conversation about her wildly funny novel Fundamentally, which upends and explores a defining controversy of our age with heart, complexity and humour. Fundamentally has been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 and drawn praise from Dolly Alderton and Jonathan Coe. Nussaibah will be speaking to Nell Frizzell (The Panic Years, Holding the Baby, Square One, Cuckoo) about her book on Wednesday 4th June.
Nadia is an academic who’s been disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, Rosy. She decides to make a getaway, accepting a UN job in Iraq. Tasked with rehabilitating ISIS women, Nadia becomes mired in the opaque world of international aid, surrounded by bumbling colleagues. Sara is a precocious and sweary East Londoner who joined ISIS at just fifteen. Nadia is struck by how similar they are: both feisty and opinionated, from a Muslim background, with a shared love of Dairy Milk and rude pick-up lines. A powerful friendship forms between the two women, until a secret confession from Sara threatens everything Nadia has been working for.
Tickets £5 including a glass of wine or soft drink.