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Freedom to the word - The Persian library in the main library in Vienna with Fariba Vafi

Main Library on the Belt Urban-Loritz-Platz 2a, Vienna

An Anahite evening with Nava Ebrahimi and Fariba Vafi The subject author Farbia Vafi will come to Vienna on September 29th. Together with Nava Ebrahimi, she will read from her literary works. The event is dedicated to the Iranian feminist movement “Woman, Life, Freedom” and will take place in Persian and German. Nava Ebrahimi (born in Iran) is a German writer. Her novel Sixteen Words has repeatedly received awards. In 2021 she won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for her text “The Cousin”. The piece »Die…

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Strolling festival “Literature in the City” in Wuppertal with Halim Youssef

Johannes-Rau-Platz Wuppertal

The renowned literature festival “Literature in the City” invites all literature and culture enthusiasts to Johannes-Rau-Platz in Wuppertal-Barmen on September 30, 2023. Subject author Halim Youssef is also there. Halim Youssef is a Kurdish writer, born in Syria and has lived in Germany since 2000. He has many books, six of which are novels. To date, his works have been published in Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, English and German. He will read from his new novel "99 Scattered Pearls", which is about Azado's dramatic life story, based on the…

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Funun Festival Bremen with Widad Nabi

Lindenhofstraße 53 Bremen

This year, the Syrian exile cultural association SEKu e.V. is once again organizing the traditional FUNUN Festival. The festival takes place from September 29th to October 8th. took place in Bremen at different event locations. As part of the festival, Widad Nabi will read from her literary works on September 30th at 7:00 p.m. The Kurdish-Syrian writer Widad Nabi was born in Kobani, Syria, in 1985 and completed a bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Aleppo. She has written for numerous Arabic magazines and newspapers. Some of her texts also appeared on…

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Funun Festival with Jabbar Abdullah

Villa Ichon Goetheplatz 4, Bremen

Am 7. Oktober kommt Jabbar Abdullah im Zuge des Funun Festivals nach Bremen, um aus seinem Buch "Raqqa am Rhein" zu lesen, welches 2020 bei uns erschienen ist. Der syrische Autor und Archäologe Jabbar musste Ende 2012 mit damals 24 Jahren aus seiner Heimatstadt Raqqa zunächst nach Alexandria fliehen, wo er seinen Master machte. 2014 kam er nach Köln, wo er seitdem lebt. Zusätzlich zu seiner Arbeit im Römisch-Germanischen Museum ist er aktiv in der syrisch-deutschen Kulturszene. Er kuratiert Kunstausstellungen und Literaturfestivals, engagiert sich…

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Amir Shaheen

Foreigners on the South Terrace – Reading with Amir Shaheen

Sujet Verlag Bornstraße 18, Bremen, Bremen

Subject author Amir Shaheen wanders through his work and presents thoughtful as well as satirical and cheerful texts from his books. Amir Shaheen regularly presents his books in Bremen and inspires audiences with his lively readings. For the first time he is now reading in the new premises of Sujet Verlag. Under the motto “Foreigners on the South Terrace”, the Cologne writer wanders through his work and presents satirical, cheerful and thoughtful texts, especially from his successful book “I am not a foreigner, my name is just…

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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023

Frankfurt book fair Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse

We are looking forward to being at the Frankfurt Book Fair again this year! The Frankfurt Book Fair will take place this year from 18th to 22nd. October. During this time you can find us in Hall 3.1 at stand D91, opposite the reading island of the independent publishers. We will bring our new releases with us and look forward to meeting you all! You can get tickets now on the Frankfurt Book Fair website: https://www.buchmesse.de/

Reading with Nassir Djafari at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023

Frankfurt book fair Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse

Während der Frankfurter Buchmesse wird Nassir Djafari am Donnerstag am Stand des Hessischen Literaturrats aus seinem Buch "Mahtab" lesen. Nassir Djafari wurde 1952 im Iran geboren und war in verschiedenen Funktionen in der deutschen und internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit tätig. "Mahtab" ist Djafaris zweiter Roman, der im Sujet Verlag veröffentlicht wurde. Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte von Mahtab und ihrer Familie, die in den 1950er Jahren aus dem Iran nach Frankfurt eingewandert sind. Der Leser begleitet sie 10 Jahre nach ihrer Einwanderung, wie sie versuchen…

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"99 Scattered Pearls” book launch at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Frankfurt book fair Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse

Halim Youssef wird am Samstag auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse sein neues Buch "99 zerstreute Perlen" präsentieren, dass dieses Jahr bei uns im Sujet Verlag erschienen ist. Halim Youssef ist kurdischer Schriftsteller, in Syrien geboren und er lebt seit 2000 in Deutschland. Er hat viele Bücher, sechs davon sind Romane. Bislang wurden seine Werke auf Kurdisch, Arabisch, Türkisch, Persisch, Englisch und Deutsch veröffentlicht. Sein neuer Roman „99 zerstreute Perlen“ handelt von Azados dramatischer Lebensgeschichte, die anhand des Bildes „99 zerstreuten Perlen“ illustriert wird. Der…

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"“I’m not a foreigner, that’s just my name” – reading with Amir Shaheen on Usedom

Event rooms of the spa administration Hauptstraße 31, Koserow on Usedom

After Amir Shaheen comes to us in Bremen on October 11th, his journey continues to Usedom to present his works there on October 21st. With a foray through his works, the author speaks pointedly and witty about his experiences as a German native speaker and writer of having an Arabic name. He tells his experiences in an entertaining and amusing way. At the same time, it invites us to critically question pigeonholing and supposed self-evident things and to examine our expectations and prejudices. Free entry with Usedom Card!

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Reading – “Refugee Café” Nahid Keshavarz

Frankfurt book fair Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse

Am Sonntag kommt unsere Autorin Nahid Keshavarz auf die Frankfurter Buchmesse, um aus ihrer Anthologie "Flüchtlingscafé" zu lesen. Die Lesung wird auf dem zentralen Platz auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse, am Stand von Amnesty International, stattfinden. Die Anthologie Flüchtlingscafé ist eine Sammlung wundersamer Alltags-Geschichten von unterschiedlichen Menschen. Im Vordergrund des Buches steht das Leben als Migrant mit all seinen Schmerzen, seiner Freude und seiner Leidenschaft. Die Erzählungen von Nahid Keshavarz lassen den Leser in den Alltag und die Gedanken von unterschiedlichsten Charakteren schlüpfen. Die…

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