As part of the Festival for Kurdish Exile Literature, Halim Youssef talks about exile, language, censorship and freedom and how these topics come together in literature. In the article, several Kurdish authors present their texts and talk to moderator Dilek Üşük.
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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