A literary salon with Professor Assaad Khairallah, moderated by Bilal Orfali, gathered readers and students at AUB for a wide-ranging conversation on Arabic literature—its global itineraries, aesthetic logics, and living classroom afterlives. Moving from Majnūn Laylā and modern Arabic poetry to world literature and comparative criticism, the dialogue wove scholarship with memory, tracing Khairallah’s formative teaching, mentorship, and contributions across languages and generations. Part tribute and part masterclass, the event illuminated how Arab texts travel, transform, and continue to shape imaginations within and beyond Beirut.