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Reading with Amir Shaheen in the Altena public library
09.18.2020 a 19:00 - 21:00
On September 18th At 7 p.m. Amir Shaheen will present his new book “I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name” in the Altena city library.
If you would like to take part in the reading, you will find it here More information.
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Contents of the book: When a German native speaker has an Arabic name, it raises legitimate questions in everyday life. If someone like Amir Shaheen is also a writer and publishes books, well, then it makes sense to want to know whether his texts will be translated – into German!
Amir Shaheen describes in a pointed and witty manner what his name alone can trigger among his fellow bio-Germans in this country.
Amir Shaheen describes in a pointed and witty manner what his name alone can trigger among his fellow bio-Germans in this country.
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He describes his experiences in an entertaining and extremely amusing way. At the same time, it invites you to take a critical look at widespread pigeonholing and supposed self-evident things, to examine expectations and prejudices, to become aware of what is often only well-intentioned and also of the omnipresent scissors in your head...
