A new article by Manfred Lipp was published today in the blog “From Everyday Life”. His blog post “The Night I Drowned in the Sea” contains an excerpt from Taqi Akhlaqi’s story “Someone Understand the Germans” and introduces the author and his short stories.
Nassir Djafaris “Mahtab” im taz and hr2
For a new article in the taz, Nassir Djafari met Shirin Sojitrawalla in Frankfurt's Palmengarten to talk about himself and his book "Mahtab". Here's a little foretaste: “Djafari tells the story exclusively from Mahtob's perspective. He modeled it on his own mother, he says in an interview. It's not her biography, but she is similar in type to her: reserved and quiet. Her husband Amin also reminds a little of his own father. He is a very