West-östlicher Diwan e.V. “... zwischen den Welten schwebend..." gelesen von Inge Buck, Gunther Gerlach und Cornelius Kopf-Finke Moderation: Johannes Feest Musik: Otto Maier (auf der Hang) & Dieter Weischen (on the Shakuhachi / Bambus flute) The Gilgamesesch epic is one of the oldest literary writings that have survived for thousands of years. It is one of the great stories of humanity. It describes the path of King Gilgamesch in the historic city of Uruk in today's Iraq on 12 excavated cuneiform boards. Although almost 4000 years old, the Gilgamesh is…

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On Sunday, February 23, Atef Abu Saif in Zurich will present your novel "Life in the Schweben" in Cafe Palestine. Before the reading begins at 6 p.m., we cordially invite you to a meal with Palestinian dishes. The approximately 60-year-old Naîm is the owner of a copy shop in which the poster of fallen ("martyrs") is produced. When he was killed by a unexploded man in 2011, there is a debate between his son Salmân, and his nephew Nasr, whether Naîm hero or sacrifice is…

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An event will take place on Tuesday, February 25th in the Mille et Deux Feux Feux At 7:30 p.m., Atef Abu Saif will keep a reading on his novel "Life in the Schleb". Monika Bolliger is moderated. The reading itself is kept in German, the conversation afterwards is conducted in English. The approximately 60-year-old Naîm is the owner of a copy shop in which the poster of fallen ("martyrs") is produced. When he was killed by a unexploded man in 2011, the result is…

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Atef Abu Saif will be found with his novel "Life in the Schleb" on February 26 between 7 and 9 p.m. in the Le Cap in Bern. Wiird moderates the reading from his novel's translator: Hartmut Fähndrich. The reading itself is kept in German, the conversation afterwards is conducted in English. The approximately 60-year-old Naîm is the owner of a copy shop in which the poster of fallen ("martyrs") is produced. When he was killed by a unexploded man in 2011, it arises between his…

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In cooperation with the literary office and Western Eastern Diwan e.V., the Bremer Sujet publishing house is focused on the international Women's Day in cooperation with the new, young Afghan literature that has emerged in Germany in recent months and years. In Afghanistan, women and girls from the 6th grade are denied visiting a school and studying. The gender apartheid calls the global community on the scene. What can Germany and West do so that women in Afghanistan come back to their rights? To…

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Martin Bührig's poems are neither part of the daily political nor general political poetry. Rather, they stand in the centuries -old tradition of a poetry of personal dismay, which is universal and is self -shaped, shaped by the respective time and life situation. Together with Madjid Mohit (Sujet Verlag), the question of the other will get to the bottom of the house in the park in the park in the park at 4 p.m. Subsequently, selected passages from “the other” by Martin Bührig and other works are presented,…

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  On Friday, March 21, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. & lesen lassen" eine Autorenlesung mit Amir Shaheen statt. Er liest aus seinem Buch „Ich bin kein Ausländer, ich heiße nur so" vor. Der Eintritt ist frei. Über Spenden würden wir uns freuen. Wenn ein deutscher Muttersprachler einen arabischen Namen trägt, dann wirft das im Alltag berechtigte Fragen auf. Wenn jemand wie Amir Shaheen dann auch noch Schriftsteller ist und Bücher veröffentlicht, na, dann…

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Am 27. März findet um 17 Uhr findet im naTo in Leipzig eine Lesung statt. Atef Abou Saif wird aus seinem Roman "Leben in der Schwebe" vorlesen. Anschließend findet ein Gespräch zum Roman statt. Der Übersetzer des Romans, Hartmut Fähndrich, wird die Veranstaltung begleiten und moderieren. Link zum Buch: https://sujetverlag.de/buecher/atef-abu-saif-leben-in-der-schwebe/ Link zum Autor: https://sujetverlag.de/autoren/bio-atef-abu-saif/

West-östlicher Diwan e.V. “… zwischen den Welten schwebend…” mit Amir Babai "Also sprach Zarathustra...." diesen Satz werden viele kennen. Aber wer war Zarathustra? Ein Prophet, ein Weiser, ein Philosoph, ein Universalgeist? Was hat Zarathustras Lehre mit Tierrecht, mit Natur-, Menschen-, und Frauenrechten zu tun? Wir leben seit Jahrhunderten in einer Welt der zunehmend schwächelnden Vernunft, der mangelnden Wertschätzung der Wissenschaften, in einer Welt der gravierenden Missachtung der Menschenrechte, der Frauenrechte, Kinderrechte und der Naturrechte; in einer Welt der Intoleranz, des Rassismus, der zunehmenden…

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