We look forward to the Open Books poetry reading of Invisible Fractures with our author Widad Nabi on October 21, 2021 at 4 p.m. in Exhibition Hall 1a, Schulstraße 1a, 60594 Frankfurt am Main. The event will be moderated by Suleman Taufiq. Widad Nabi's poems are about unfathomable love, looking back on the past, searching for home. Openly feminist, the poet gives an insight into her identity as a woman and mother. In her poems she works in a personal and approachable way…

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We look forward to the reading of the children's book Das Lila Mädchen by Ibtisam Barakat on October 22, 2021 at 1 p.m. as a live stream on the Frankfurt Book Fair website and social media. Both Suleman Taufiq and Madjid Mohit will take part in the event. Leila Chammaa will be the moderator. War, exile, loss of homeland... Like so many people around the world, Tamara also feels these fateful extremes. Around 70 years ago, the young girl and her family were evicted from their home in Jaffa, Palestine. Since…

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We look forward to reading the short story collection An den Regen by bestselling author Fariba Vafi on October 22, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. in Café Mutz. Both Jutta Himmelreich in the role of interpreter and Madjid Mohit will take part in the event. Anyone who deals with contemporary Iranian literature should not ignore the short story genre. Because in short stories, as in poetry, critical developments or events in society can be presented without much explanation, unlike in novels…

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Catch up on October 22, 2020 FREIRAUM e.V. invites you to a reading by Suleman Taufiq and Amir Shaheen in Cologne. Suleman Taufiq, who immigrated to Germany from Syria in 1971, and Amir Shaheen, also with a migration background, but born and raised in North Rhine-Westphalia, present their latest books with wit and charm. Both were created independently of each other and published by Sujet Verlag. The books report on comparable experiences and topics, but from completely different perspectives…

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In ihrem neuen Programm "Sonate für die Nacht" widmet sich das Esemble Lapis Lazuli am 28. Oktober 2021 um 20:00 Uhr der Vertonung von Gedichten und Geschichten von Suleman Taufiq. Sie fungieren als Inspirationsquelle und Brücke zwischen dem arabischen, mediterranen und dem mitteleuropäischen, westlichen Kulturraum. Die Erzählungen erfahren eine teils freie, kollektive, improvisatorische Begleitung, in der Tradition der arabischen Erzähler (ursprünglich nur von einer Nay und Rahmentrommel begleitet), teils auskomponierte Klangtexturen, die den Textteilen - gesprochen und gesungen in sowohl arabischer, als auch…

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In cooperation with the "Festival für transborder Literature Globale°", the Institut français Bremen invites the public to an encounter with the Franco-Algerian author Akli Tadjer on Thursday, November 4th at 7:00 p.m. In conversation with Phanie Bluteau and Wolfgang Barth, he talks about his novel The Best Way to Love and his entire literary work, which focuses on Algeria and the question of the relationship between people. He also remembers his experiences with racism, which he…

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On November 11th at 7:30 p.m., our author Faribā Vafī will give a reading from her latest collection of short stories An den Regen in the daadgalerie, followed by a conversation with the literary scholar Maryam Aras to discuss her understanding of literature. Faribā Vafī was born in 1962 in Tabriz, the capital of the province of East Azerbaijan in north-west Iran. She currently lives in Tehran and is one of Iran's most popular contemporary authors. Iranian critics place her among the top 10 modern writers in the country. She was with the…

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