In traditional Afghan society, shame has an almost state-supporting function; in the Afghan diaspora it finds new, no less dramatic ways of expressing itself. In this essay, Taqi Akhlaqi deals with his experiences as an “immigrant” in Iran, his identity as an “Afghan ” and the shame associated with it. He criticizes the traditionally conservative educational system and the moral values ​​in Afghanistan. He also explains what role shame plays in Afghan society. Click here for the essay About the author Zu

Now you can find an interesting conversation with Halim Youssef on Deutschlandfunk. In it he talks about the role of literature in his life and what connections there are for him between literature and language. Take a listen! Here is the link

In May, the author Nassir Djafari published his new novel with Sujet Verlag. Now there is also an interview on “The Big Cousin” on WDR. However, it is not just about his novel; he also reports on society and politics in Iran and Germany. Take a listen! Click here for the interview

On April 19, 2024, the Else Lasker Student Prizes were awarded in Wuppertal, including a sponsorship prize for the first time in 20 years. This year's poetry funding prize, worth €2,000, goes to the author Sarah Kiyanrad. Kiyanrad is a poet, translator and Iranian scholar and teaches Iranian cultural history in Munich. Her volume of poetry “Years after you” was recently published at our publishing house. It's about places and people who have settled into oblivion, about small and large things that are lost before our eyes. We congratulate

Introductory word by Johannes Feest Reading with the authors Inge Buck and Madjid Mohit, on 19.3. 2023 at the Parkhotel Bremen "The lyrical dialogue between the poems by Madjid Mohit and Inge Buck is at the same time in a field of tension between the Western and Eastern worlds, between strangeness and familiarity, closeness and distance, connoted by one's own cultural and biographical experiences. An adventure of encounters in word, text and writing.” That's what the press release says. It's hard to say more precisely what we're doing here

In mid-March 2023, Interbiblio is organizing a bilingual reading tour through Swiss (member) libraries with Fariba Vafi. The books “Tarlan”, “The Dream of Tibet” and “To the Rain”, which have been published by our publishing house, will be read at the individual readings. Here is an excerpt from the article: «Unsettled, Unbound: Women in search of independence in contemporary Iranian literature» Interbiblio celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2023 and organizes a bilingual reading tour of Swiss (member) libraries in March 2023 with the Iranian author Fariba, who has won several international awards

New rooms and new perspectives After months of planning, the time has come – we are leaving the rooms on Breitenweg and moving to nearby Bornstrasse. So far we were actually easy to reach on foot, but in the new rooms we are closer to readers and customers, because we no longer have an expressway in front of the door. Better yet, we have more space for new ideas. Because now the possibility opens up that we can hold SUJET events, readings, films and writing workshops in the rooms