West-Östlicher Diwan e.V. invites you to the first film evening in the Text’n Art space: “Football under Cover”
Marlene is a left-back for an amateur football club in Berlin. When she heard that the Iranian women's national soccer team was missing opponents, she made a plan to travel to Tehran with her women's team for a friendly match. During her preparation trip to Tehran, she met Niloofar, who shared her passion for David Beckham. Despite all the cultural differences, the love of football is motivation enough to play the game despite all the opposition. Marlene's team travels to Tehran and plays the game of their lives. Football Under Cover is a 2008 documentary film by David Assmann and Ayat Najafi. He documents the difficult journey of organizing a public football match for women in Iran.
Reading: Salem Khalfani reads from “Flying Cats”
The author Salem Khalfani reads from his novel “Flying Cats”. In this he reports on a six-story building in a German city. The characters are closely intertwined despite their coincidental connections. Ms. Habel cannot detach herself from the memory of her lost cat. She has been looking for her continuously for many years and accuses Josef Bahden of hiding her cat.
Exhibition opening: Akbar Keshvari – Art of Protest – Resistance in Color
12 selected images by the Iranian artist for this exhibition speak about different topics, such as violence against women, the power of religion, torture, conflict or coming together between West and East, realism or Islamism and the face of freedom. Most of the surrealist images in this exhibition are in large formats and worked on oil and acrylic. Keshvari has been living in Germany since 1991 as a politically persecuted artist and has dealt with the themes of freedom, independence and identity in his works from the beginning. His paintings will be exhibited in the Text'n Art rooms from March 9th to 30th. To the exhibition flyer: Mon-Thurs 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Fri 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sat/Sun after tel. Association 0179 9452789 Sujet Verlag, Bornstraße 18, 28195 Bremen An event by Sujet Verlag in cooperation with the association “West-Östlicher Diwan: intercultural exchange e.V.
Iranian Literature in Times of Uprising | The voice of women
The article "Iranian Literature in Times of Uprising - The Voice of Women" by Gerrit Wustmann was published yesterday:
The protests against the Iranian regime, which have been going on for months, are mainly driven by young women. The literature also reveals why this is so. Gerrit Wustmann presents books by Iranian authors.
Special edition of the list of the best »World Receivers« | literature from Iran
The special edition of the "World Receiver" leaderboard, published in the context of the ongoing protests in Iran, includes two of our titles among the reading recommendations!
Reading with Fariba Vafi and Amir Hassan Cheheltan
Eine Lesung mit Fariba Vafi und Amir Hassan Cheheltan, Moderation von Jutta Himmelreich Eine Kooperation vom Heinrich-Böll-Haus Langenbroich e.V. und der Düren Kultur Stadtbücherei Anmeldung: boell-haus@düren.de Der Eintritt ist frei! Faribā Vafī ist 1962 in Tabriz, der Hauptstadt der Provinz Ost-Azerbaidjan im Nordwestiran geboren. Sie lebt derzeit in Teheran und zählt zu den beliebtesten zeitgenössischen Autorinnen Irans. Iranische Kritiker verorten sie unter den Top 10 der modernen Schriftsteller des Landes. Sie wurde mit dem renommierten Huschang-Golschiri-Preis sowie dem Yalda-Preis ausgezeichnet, außerdem erhielt sie 2017 den LiBeraturpreis für ihr Werk Tarlan. Amir Hassan Cheheltan, geboren 1956 in Teheran, studierte in England Elektrotechnik, nahm am Irakkrieg teil und veröffentlichte in Teheran Romane und Erzählungsbände. Sein Roman „Teheran, Revolutionsstraße” erschien 2009 als Welt-Erstveröffentlichung auf Deutsch, es folgten „Teheran, Apokalypse” und „Teheran, Stadt ohne Himmel”. Zuletzt erschienen bei C.H.Beck seine Romane „Der Kalligraph von Isfahan” (2015) und „Der Zirkel der Literaturliebhaber” (2020), für den der…
"Forough Farrochsād, poetess of protest” – An article by Nina Abassi in humanistic! magazine
Today we would like to draw your attention to a thought-provoking article that appeared some time ago in the humanistische! magazine (issue 02/2020). Forugh Farrochsād, who we published German translations of her poems in 2018, is described here as Iran's most important modern poet. Her work mercilessly holds up a mirror to the society of her country of origin and breaks a number of taboos in the process. The article reminds us in detail of the life story of a brave and at the same time very tragic figure in Iranian literary history. Published by Forough Farrochsād in Sujet Verlag: Jene Tage (5th edition 2018), Jene Tage - Special Edition (2017) Click here to view the digital version of the article!
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…
