2nd Cologne Literature Night - freedom and possibilities of writing

Events at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. As part of the series of events at the 2nd Cologne Literature Night, Simone Scharbert and our authors Jabbar Abdullah and Suleman Taufiq will present their latest books. They deal with the question of freedom and the possibilities of writing. Immediately experienced (un-)freedom is the theme of Jabbar Abdullah. In his debut "Raqqa am Rhein" he processes his experiences in Syria under an authoritarian regime and during the war as well as his arrival in Cologne. "I don't live in two worlds, I am two worlds"

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18.09.2021

Review by Sabine Kleyboldt on Jabbar Abdullah's "Raqqa am Rhein"

Syrian archaeologist Abdullah writes about new home in Cologne "I promise you that I will be a good refugee" by Sabine Kleyboldt, Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur The Rhine reminds Jabbar Abdullah of his childhood river: the Euphrates in Syria. That makes it all the easier for him to feel at home in Cologne. However, the way there was long, as he describes in his book. Cologne/Aleppo (KNA) "Goodbye, my Euphrates, my good friend, please stay alive, someday I hope I'll come back to you." With almost poetic words Jabbar Abdullah takes 2012

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23.08.2021