Jabbar Abdullah
Biography
Jabbar Abdullah is an archaeologist, author and curator from Syria. At the end of 2012, at the age of 24, he had to flee Raqqa to Alexandria. There he studied for a master's degree and came to Cologne in 2014, where he has lived ever since. In addition to his work at the Roman-Germanic Museum, he is very active in the Syrian-German cultural scene. He curates art exhibitions and literary festivals and is committed to cultural exchange and successful integration. In addition to numerous campaigns that he initiated, he is also co-founder and second chairman of the association 17_3_17, which aims to promote the exchange of German and Syrian culture. Raqqa am Rhein is his first book.
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RAqqa Am Rhein
The Syrian author Jabbar Abdullah took part in the first demonstrations at his university in Aleppo in 2012 and had to watch as the regime of Bashar al-Assad met the Arab Spring with sheer violence. When he embarked on the risky flight to Europe, large parts of the country were already in ruins, and a little later the IS terrorists took over the helm.
A witness report with a foreword by Ilija Trojanow
Partial translation from Arabic by Christine Battermann, as well as joint partial translation from Arabic by Jabbar Abdullah and Sonja Oelgart
