Reading with Nahid Keshavarz – “Refugee Café”
On March 7th there will be a reading with Nahid Keshavarz and her book “Refugee Café” in the Allerweltshaus (Cologne). It is read in Farsi and German. The anthology “Refugee Café” is a collection of wondrous everyday stories from different people. The focus of the book is life as a migrant with all its pain, joy and passion. Nahid Keshavarz's stories allow the reader to slip into the everyday lives and thoughts of a wide variety of characters. The stories are about married couples struggling with communication problems, breaks in social conventions, dealing with the social medium “Facebook” and cultural misunderstandings. Without overwhelming us with heavy language, the author uses her various characters to show numerous facets of people who can no longer live in their home country. Last but not least, she manages to convey the stories so realistically that you can find yourself reading them in a chatty café. Entry is free. Refugee cafe…
New review – “Refugee Cafe” by Nahid Keshavarz
There is also another nice review of the book “Refugee Café” by Nahid Keshavarz, which was published in 2018. "The journalist and psychologist Nahid Keshavarz, who has lived in Germany for 30 years, works as a psychological consultant and head of a refugee center in Cologne. In this anthology, translated into German by Monika Matzke, a collection of thirteen stories from people with a migration background and a refugee experience, she describes life in the new home and the difficulties of arriving in a new society with different values and norms. The focus of the book is on extraordinary life stories of people from other backgrounds and Language areas. Otherness, intercultural differences, misunderstandings and the possibilities of overcoming cultural barriers between people are other themes that the protagonists of the stories express. In view of increasing globalization and cultural diversity in society, the book is a wonderful work with which readers can…
