European Literature Festival Cologne Kalk with Suleman Taufiq

On Saturday, September 2nd, Suleman Taufiq will be at the European Literature Festival Cologne Kalk. A short film about the person Suleman Taufiq and his literature will be shown. Suleman Taufiq will also present his texts. Suleman reads in German and Arabic. Jonas Linnebank will moderate the event. Reading and speaking take place in Arabic and German. About the author Suleman Taufiq is a German-Syrian author and is known as a poet, storyteller, music critic, publicist, editor and translator of Arabic literature and lives in Aachen. Born in Beirut in 1953

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An atmospherically dense and poetic novel that is highly recommended.

The EKZ has reviewed "The Weight of Remorse" by Khalil Sweileh (translated from Arabic by Suleman Taufiq): The first-person narrator of the present novel is a young man in present-day Syria who is looking for a way to live his life between war and daily danger to design. He meets three women who, like him, are trying to (survive) in the oppressed country: a poet, a visual artist and a former political prisoner. They try to support each other in a world that is falling apart

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The Sujet Verlag at the ADIBF 2022

Sujet Verlag is taking part in the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2022 this year and is presenting its profile with a colorful and hand-picked portfolio of children's books, novels and poetry at the joint stand of the German exhibitors.

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