Reading "I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name"
On Thursday, May 12th Amir Shaheen will read from his novel I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name in the Bücherwelt bookstore. The event starts at 8 p.m. If 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, then it makes sense to want to know whether his texts are 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. 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 what are supposed to be self-evident, to examine expectations and prejudices, to become aware of what is often only well-intentioned and also of the omnipresent scissors in your head... Amir Shaheen, born in Lüdenscheid in 1966, studied...
Reading "I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name"
On Friday, April 22nd Amir Shaheen will read from his novel I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name in the Altena city library. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. and doors open at 7 p.m. There will be a book table from the Katerlöh bookstore. Admission: 10 euros / With reading card or cultural ring membership card: 8 euros Tickets are available in the library and bookstore. If 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, then it makes sense to want to know whether his texts are translated - into German! Amir Shaheen, born in Lüdenscheid in 1966, studied German, English, theater, film and television studies. The trained publishing clerk works as an author, editor and PR editor and writes poetry, prose, satirical material and columns. He has been publishing literary texts since 1989 and has made a name for himself as a poet…
Book premiere "Gestalt im Schatten"
Am 14. April 2022 um 19 Uhr findet die Buchpremiere von de Assis Brasils Buch Gestalt im Schatten in der botanika Bremen statt. Einlass ist ab 18:30 Uhr. Der Verleger Madjid Mohit wird moderieren, Jürgen Meyhöfer wird Hintergründinformationen zu dem Buch geben und Thomas Roth aus dem Roman lesen. Gestalt im Schatten handelt von dem Mann, der Alexander von Humboldt auf seiner Reise nach Südamerika begleitet hat. Während sich letzterer allgemein großer Bekanntheit erfreut, wurde der französische Arzt und Botaniker Aimé Bonpland in Deutschland geflissentlich übersehen. Von seiner herausragenden Rolle als Naturforscher zeugen jedoch die Benennung eines Berggipfels in den Anden, eines Mondkraters, eines Asteroiden und einer Pflanzenart nach ihm. Bonpland hatte maßgeblichen Einfluss auf die Aufklärung während der Französischen Revolution und war später Botaniker Napoleons und Intendant dessen Schlosses in Malmaison. Gemeinsam mit Humboldt erforschte er das tropische Südamerika und verbrachte gegen Ende seines Lebens viele Jahre im Süden dieses…
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 has for the Bonn General Gazette a few words about the novel of our author Maryam Djahani written:
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
