"Violence against women is often attributed to the culture around them. This is wrong: it results from poverty, a lack of education and the colonial legacy.” https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2020–04/power-against-women-naher-osten-europa-frauenbild?fbclid=IwAR10f0siN-VTyD7RBBq5xOZaK5kvW6KvkPhWOsnIwUeB-J25HPRif-8L9vk

On Sunday, April 19, 2020, the Tagesspiegel published an essay by our author Fariba Vafi on the current situation in Iran entitled "We never believe what we hear". A pathological distrust is eating up Iran's society from the inside out at least as much as the corona virus from the outside. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/was-corona-fuer-die-menschen-im-iran-bedeutet-wir-glauben-nie-was-wir-hoeren/25750076.html In German, Vafi recently published the Novels "Tarlan" and "The Dream of Tibet" with us at Sujet Verlag. Born in 1963 in the province of East Azerbaijan in Iran and now based in Tehran, Fariba Vafi is one of the

The Weser-Kurier interview with the author and translator Suleman Taufiq was published in yesterday's issue of the Weser-Kurier and gives an interesting insight into the work on two wonderful works. The children's book "I would love to be a concrete mixer" tells a lovely story and Wise, the story of a demolition excavator who would much rather build than destroy, and was translated into German by Suleman Taufiq. Now it's available in two languages. "Josef's Birthday" is Suleman Taufiq's new collection of short stories, which are humorous and

Vogue published an online article with book tips in the spring – these tips also include the volume of poetry “Shortly before thirty, … kiss me” by our author Widad Nabi! We are proud and delighted that Widad Nabi has once again been recognized by Vogue. Here is the book

An interesting article by Ramy Al-Asheq about the cultural cleansing in Syria appeared in the NZZ. Here is an excerpt for you: There are still writers who have stayed in the country; they live in the regions controlled by the Asad regime. Power cuts are part of their everyday life, the rising cost of living is just as difficult for them as the dwindling freedom and the feeling of being at the mercy of the security forces more than ever. Some hope for a chance to flee – “to exile, wherever

In spring 2020 we will have a wonderful new book !! "I'd Love to Be a Concrete Mixer" is a children's book by Hussain Al-Moutawaa in Arabic. We had this great story translated by Suleman Taufiq and will be publishing our bilingual (German-Arabic) edition soon. Here is a small excerpt from the text: "Haddam is a digger about your age. When you look at him, you immediately notice how friendly and sweet he is. Haddam loves his family very much, but not the work he does. And he likes that

On September 25, some excerpts from the book "The First Days of the World" were read alternately by Angelika Sinn and the author, Salem Khalfani, in the Storm bookstore. This was followed by an interesting conversation about highly topical issues such as writing in the second language, identity, belonging and philosophical reflections on various themes that emerge in the book. Many thanks to all participants and guests for this great reading!

Our new poetry calendar will be released on October 1st! A calendar with a fascinating combination of text and images Finally it's here! Our poetry calendar will be available from October 1st. The biweekly calendar contains twenty-seven wonderful poems by our authors. We have selected a selection of the most beautiful poems that we have published. It was a difficult process as we all value our works very much. The authors are: Eberhard Pfleiderer, Suleman Taufiq, Ahmad Schamlu, Elke Marion Weiß, Maya Abu Al Hayyat, Forugh Farrochsad, Gerrit