Reading: Anthology: This is how you take life with you

We look forward to the reading of the anthology How to take life with you on October 7th, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. in the Villa Sponte. With: Zahirul Islam Babul, Mila Chami, Farhan Hebbo, Saber Latifi, Madjid Mohit, Salman Nurhak, Rosa Jaisli, and Ernesto Salazar-Jiménez On the piano: Milena Minkwitz Afterwards: Discussion with the authors, the editor Angelika Sinn and the Publisher Madjid Mohit Moderation: Jens Laloire Further information on the anthology: The eight authors of the anthology "So you take life with you" come originally…

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Mortar with Widad Nabi

Exhibition hall 1a Schulstrasse 1a, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse

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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Lesung mit Ibtisam Barakat

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

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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Lesung mit Fariba Vafi

Café Mutz Alt Niederursel 27, Frankfurt am Main

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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Suleman Taufiq & Amir Shaheen – Arabs in Aachen, Sauerlanders in Cologne

Freiraum e.V. Gottesweg 116a, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

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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ENSEMBLE LAPIS LAZULI - With their current program "Sonata for the Night"

Internationales Theater Frankfurt Hanauer Landstrasse 5-7, Frankfurt/Main, Hesse

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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€28,50

Meeting with the Algerian author Akli Tadjer

Alt-Lietzow 12, Bremen - Goetheplatz 4, Bremen

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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Reading and conversation with Faribā Vafī

deed gallery Oranienstrasse 161, Berlin, Berlin

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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CANCELED – Reading with Gerrit Wustmann in Bremen

Falstaff, the Theaterkneipe GmbH Schulstrasse 26, Bremen, Bremen

Unfortunately, this event has to be CANCELED due to the current development of the corona pandemic! Together with the bremer shakespeare company and in cooperation with the Globale and the Bremen Council for Integration, we present the reading of Gerrit Wustmann, who wrote his latest novel World Literature - Why we need a new understanding of literature on November 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Falstaff theater pub introduces. Madjid Mohit will be the moderator. Entry costs €10. "Where world literature is written on it, Western literature is inside." It doesn't matter whether it's reviews in the arts pages…

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CANCELED – Reading with Jabbar Abdullah

Froebel Nursery Smart Kornblumenweg 9, Kerpen, North Rhine-Westphalia

Diese Veranstaltung muss aufgrund der aktuellen Entwicklung der Corona-Pandemie leider ABGESAGT werden! Im Rahmen des offiziellen "Bundesweiten Vorlesetag" wird Jabbar Abdullah am 17.11.21 um 19:30 Uhr im FRÖBEL Kindergarten Pfiffikus aus seinem Buch Raqqa am Rhein lesen und in einer anschließenden Diskussionsrunde einige Fragen beantworten. Jabbar Abdullah ist Archäologe, Autor und Kurator aus Syrien. Bereits Ende 2012, mit 24 Jahren musste er aus Raqqa nach Alexandria (Ägypten) fliehen. Dort studierte er im Master und kam 2014 nach Köln, wo er seitdem lebt. Zusätzlich

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