Reading: "I'm a foreigner and that's a good thing" - Mahmood Falaki

We are pleased to point out another reading by the author Mahmood Falaki from his book "I am a foreigner and that's a good thing too"! On December 9th, Falaki will present several short stories at the migration center in Hamburg, some funny, some disturbing, about how it feels to live as a "foreigner" in Germany. What kind of countryman are you?!” "I come from Persia." "Brazil? But you don't look like an Indian!" "No, Persia, Iran!" "Oh, Iran! You are a Muslim!” "No!" "No?

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09.12.2018

Lecture: Mahmood Falaki – Goethe and Hafez

On January 11th, the author Mahmood Falaki, whose books “Deadly Strangers” and “I'm a Foreigner and That's a Good Thing” and several others have been published by Sujet Verlag, will give a lecture on the topic “Goethe and Hafez”. Falaki, who was born in northern Persia in 1951, initially studied chemistry and library science in Iran. During the Shah's time he was sentenced to three years in prison for his political and literary activities. After the mullahs took control, he had to leave the country. Since

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