On 28 July 2026, ALQST hosted a discussion around the gripping and powerful novel "Gulf", featuring its author, filmmaker, writer, and former Associate Dean at NYU Abu Dhabi, Mo Ogrodnik, alongside Saudi academic and Board member of ALQST, Dr Maryam Aldossari, and international human rights lawyer and expert in women’s and migrant worker’s rights in the Gulf states, Rothna Begum. The discussion was moderated by ALQST’s Executive Director Julia Legner. The full discussion can be watched here.