Amir Shaheen reads from “I’m not a foreigner, that’s just my name”
In the Epiphany library, Amir Shaheen reads from “I’m not a foreigner, that’s just my name”.
19.09.2024
Local history – with a difference: reading with Markus Peters and Amir Shaheen
The two Cologne authors Markus Peters and Amir Shaheen read satirical, humorous, thoughtful and absurdly funny texts from their current books “Something is always” and “I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name”.
22.06.2024
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, my name is just that, in the bookstore Bücherwelt. The event starts at 8 p.m. 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 pointedly and wittily what
12.05.2022
Reading "I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name"
On Friday, April 22nd is Amir Shaheen in the Altena public library from his novel I'm not a foreigner, my name is just reading. The event begins 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 a library card or membership card of the Kulturring: 8 euros Tickets are available in the library and bookshop. When a German native speaker has an Arabic name, it raises legitimate questions in everyday life. If someone like Amir Shaheen then
22.04.2022
Book premiere "I'm not a foreigner, my name is just that" by Amir Shaheen
We look forward to the Bremen live premiere of the volume I'm not a foreigner, my name is just that by Amir Shaheen on September 9th in the Franz Leuwer bookstore at 7:00 p.m. Entry is free. About 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
09.09.2021
Being free - "I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name" in Altena
Reading and concert On August 1st, 2021 in St. Matthäus in Altena at 5:00 p.m. there will be a reading with Amir Shaheen from his book I am not a foreigner, my name is just that and a concert will take place in which works by Stravinski, Bach, Piazolla, Dagsvik and others can be played. Bernd Bolsinger plays the clarinet and saxophone, Frank Düppenbecker the trumpet and Ansgar Wallenhorst the church organ. "An interdisciplinary cultural project to understand different cultures by showing different cultural influences in music and literature as a complement to the readings
01.08.2021
Being free - "I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name" in Ratingen
Reading and concert On July 30, 2021 in St. Peter and Paul in Ratingen at 7:00 p.m. there will be a reading with Amir Shaheen from his book I am not a foreigner, my name is just that and a concert at which works by Stravinski, Bach, Piazolla, Dagsvik and others can be played. Bernd Bolsinger plays the clarinet and saxophone, Frank Düppenbecker the trumpet and Ansgar Wallenhorst the church organ. "An interdisciplinary cultural project to understand different cultures by showing different cultural influences in music and literature complementary to the
30.07.2021
Amir Shaheen is “not a foreigner” – that's just his name | Aachen newspaper, September 10th, 2020
»These dialogues with plenty of situation comedy provoked the audience in KuBa to constantly recurring laughter. […] The German author chose the humorous and exaggerated presentation of his autobiographical experiences instead of pointing fingers.« Silvia Jagodzinska, Aachener Nachrichten, September 10, 2020
15.09.2020
"I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name” – Amir Shaheen in an interview with journalist Marie Veelen
"A native of Altaen on the subject of migration" - in a small interview with Marie Veele, author Amir Shaheen reveals interesting details about his new novel "I'm not a foreigner, my name is just that" to his dear readers and also comments on the currently much-discussed topic of racism and related police violence. Link to the article: https://www.come-on.de/lennetal/altena/ich-kein-auslaender-heisse-autor-amir-shaheen-berichtet-ueber-sein-neues-buch-thema-migration-13819258. html
06.07.2020
Reading with Amir Shaheen - "Residual Light Traces" and more
On April 13th there will be a reading of Amir Shaheen's volume of poetry "Light traces rest light" which has just been published this year in the Literature Café Khawaran in Hürth-Hermülheim (near Cologne). Shaheen presents his new volume of poetry "Light Traces Remaining Light" and reads from his books - poems, columns, satirical texts. Amir Shaheen follows the tracers of light in our time and also detects the residual light on darker days. Seas, roads, departures and farewells, days elapsing and ill-used, the time that was never had or that remains,
13.04.2019
Reading Amir Shaheen – “Residual light traces
On February 14, there will be a reading of Amir Shaheen's book of poetry, "Light Traces Restlicht", which has just been published this year, in the Sattler bookstore. Amir Shaheen follows the tracers of light in our time and also detects the residual light on darker days. Seas, roads, departures and farewells, elapsing and badly used days, the time that one never had or that still remains, the ephemeral, the futile, home or being homeless are recurring images and motifs in this collection. Beyond observation and description, about experiences or
14.02.2019
Re-Release "Remaining Light Traces" - Amir Shaheen
It's finally here! We are very happy to hold the great volume of poetry by the poetry award winner Amir Shaheen in our hands. Divided into three groups, Leuchtspuren Restlicht brings together around sixty poems, including the poem “Sediment” for the first time in a book, for which Shaheen was awarded the postpoetry.nrw prize in November 2018. Here is the book.
28.01.2019
Amir Shaheen brings "Sediment".
The newspaper in his home town of Altena reported enthusiastically and enthusiastically about Amir Shaheen's forthcoming volume of poetry "Light traces Restlicht". He will be reading there on March 1st and we too can hardly wait and are happy that Amir Shaheen will be reading in Bremen on February 14th. Click here for the full article about Amir Shaheen.
17.01.2019
Reading Amir Shaheen - "Residual Light Traces" and more
On March 14, there will be a reading of Amir Shaheen's volume of poetry "Light traces rest light", which has just been published this year, at the Tee de Cologne in Cologne-Ehrenfeld. Shaheen presents his new volume of poetry "Light Traces Remaining Light" and reads from his books - poems, columns, satirical texts. Amir Shaheen follows the tracers of light in our time and also detects the residual light on darker days. Seas, roads, departures and farewells, elapsing and misused days, the time that one never had or that still remains, ephemeral, futile,
