A new review of Fariba Vafi's "To the Rain" by IranJournal
We are pleased to announce a new review of Fariba Vafi's To the Rain by Fahimeh Farsaie titled Bitter Angry Descriptions, which has been published in IranJournal.
24.05.2022
Nassir Djafari in the FNP: "Hard road to modernity"
Nassir Djafari met Gerrit Mai in Frankfurt to talk about his new novel Mahtob. This resulted in a great article for the Frankfurter Neue Presse that makes you want to read it! Here's a little foretaste:
19.05.2022
The Sujet Verlag at the ADIBF 2022
Sujet Verlag is taking part in the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2022 this year and is presenting its profile with a colorful and hand-picked portfolio of children's books, novels and poetry at the joint stand of the German exhibitors.
18.05.2022
Widad Nabi in the zenith article “The real poets are always strangers”
An article has been published in zenith magazine in which our author Widad Nabi is mentioned alongside other important Arabic authors in the German literary scene. Here is a little foretaste of the well-researched article by Elisabeth Knoblauch:
12.05.2022
FeuilletonFrankfurt writes about the book presentation of 'One Week, One Life'
The FeuilletonFrankfurt reported on the book launch on April 20, 2022 for Nassir Djafari's 'One Week, One Life'. The event took place in the “Fabrik” in Sachsenhausen and
26.04.2022
Claudia Kramatschek's review of "To the Rain"
In the SWR2 is on 10.02. a contribution in the category 'criticism worth reading' a review of Fariba Vafi's book "An den Regen" has been published. We are happy about such a precise observation, which makes reading the book even more fun.
11.02.2022
Book launch 'A thief in the dark stares at a painting'
"The many novels, stories and poems that are currently being written in Iran speak of the ongoing need for reflection, for cultural explanation and for paraphrasing of social conditions.”
03.02.2022
Article 'Writing under pressure'
"The others, the serious poets, pay a high price for their independence, namely that of a constant threat from the state. 'Let's cry at a grave / in which / there is still no dead', writes Shahin Mansouri Arani, who was born in 1960, in her poem 'Knives': 'Sharper knives / are already on the way.' ” ‑Kersten Knipp, DW
24.01.2022
New review of "Unbraked through Kermanshah"
We can only be happy about such great feedback! Jalal Rostami Goran from the triple award-winning bookstore Goethe & Hafis wrote a few words about the novel by our author Maryam Djahani for the Bonner General-Anzeiger:
19.01.2022
New review of 'Desert or Sea'
A great review of Ahmed Tiab's novel Desert or Sea! ” […] the novel [is] easy to read, with a lot of situational comedy and successful dialogues. Recommended." Here is the review by Daniela Neuenfeld-Zvolsky from the EKZ library service:
19.01.2022
New review of 'Purple Girl'
We are happy about such a positive review of the book by our author Ibtisam Barakat, which was published by Sujet Verlag in 2021! Here is the review by Felicitas Maca from the EKZ library service on the children's book 'Lila Mädchen':
19.01.2022
Intermediate interview with Nassir Djafari
An interview by the Heinrich Böll Foundation 'Heimatkunde' with our author Nassir Djafari about his debut novel 'One Week, One Life', identity and origin and right-wing publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair. “Timm's attitude of denial calls into question Hamid's lifelong dream of continuing social advancement through the next generation. It is from this conflict that the story I am telling unfolds. However, the question of identity is not the focus of my novel, it always resonates in the background, as is usually the case in life.” ‑Nassir Djafari
19.01.2022
Podcast from FMIK e.V. on 'Those Days'
Cymin Samawatie has made a podcast on Forough Farrochsad's work 'Those Days' for the Friends of the Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum. She talks to guests about the poet and the topicality of her texts, as well as setting her poems to music with her trio Cyminology and much more. Also included are some live recordings from the event 'Persian Poetry and Music' at the James Simon Gallery, in which Kurt Scharf reads the German translation of Farrochsad's poems and Cyminology recites some of the originals.
19.01.2022
