Description

The original edition was published in the 2nd edition in 2016 by Forug Verlag Cologne.

Reviews and press:

Cologne City Gazette:

There is no doubt that Nahid Fallahi knows what she is writing about when she talks about fleeing and arriving abroad. She gives a voice to people who often still feel speechless in Germany even after they have learned the language. more

Deutsche Welle 2016:

Those who have read “Refugee Café” have all found parts of their feelings, behavior and desires or those of their acquaintances in the characters of these stories, even those who did not come here as refugees. An Iranian student says: “I have always heard about the difficult life of refugees and their mental state in the host country, but reading this book helped me to gain more understanding and knowledge about its basics.

BBC 2016:

Refugee Café shows the life of Iranian refugees - the life of all of us as well as part of the social history of our country. A social life of a young generation that is gradually growing old in the hope of returning. Narrated Nahid Keshavarz: “In some of my stories I have wanted to convey this optimism and that despite all the difficulties that the escape process brings, there can still be hope in the heart.

Nippes Magazine:

With her volume of stories “Refugee Café”, Nahid Fallahi-Keshavarz, who has been running the Fliehkraft refugee center in Turmstraße for 13 years, has written a very warm and touching book about people who have fled, who have resettled their lives here and yet are still rooted in their home country and culture. Their stories are neither accusing nor sentimental, but full of humor and humanity and reflect the problems in the coexistence of people who had to leave their home country and grow old in a foreign country. They still have their own culture with them, which continues to shape their lives. "I wrote these stories because I believe that literature and art can bridge people," says Fallahi. "I wanted to convey how we live and how we feel and that we are also part of this society and not just numbers in statistics." more